Australian one dollar coin

Four portraits of Queen Elizabeth II have featured on the obverse, the 1984 head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin; between 1985 and 1998, the head by Raphael Maklouf; between 1999 and 2009, the head by Ian Rank-Broadley; and since 2019, the effigy of Elizabeth II by artist Jody Clark has been released into circulation. The coin features an inscription on its obverse of AUSTRALIA on the right-hand side and ELIZABETH II on the left-hand side. One-dollar coins bearing the portrait of King Charles III entered circulation in December 2023. The reverse features five kangaroos. The image was designed by Stuart Devlin, who designed Australia's first decimal coins in 1966. The one-dollar denomination was only issued in coin sets in 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 2012. No one-dollar coin with any mint mark was ever released for circulation; any dollars found with such mark comes for a card. One-dollar coins are legal tender for amounts not exceeding 10 times the face value of the coin for any payment of a debt.

• Country — Australia • Denomination — One Dollar • Value — 1.00 • Unit — AUD • Mass — 9.00 • Diameter — 25.00 • Thickness — 2.80 • Edge — interrupted milled 0.25 mm 77 notches • Composition — 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel • Years Of Minting — 1984–present • Obverse Design — Queen Elizabeth II (1984–2023) King Charles III (2023–present) • Obverse Designer — Various (1984–2023) Dan Thorne (2023–present) • Obverse Design Date — 2023 • Reverse Design — Five kangaroos • Reverse Designer — Stuart Devlin • Reverse Design Date — 1983

The Royal Australian Mint has released a number of commemorative issued coins since the Australian one-dollar coin was released in 1984, some of which were not released into circulation. • Year — Subject — Mintage • 1986 — International Year of Peace — 25,200,000 • 1988 — Commemoration the Australian Bicentennial — 21,600,000 • 1993 — Landcare Australia — 18,200,000 • 1996 — Sir Henry Parkes — 26,200,000 • 1997 — Birth of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith — 24,400,000 • 1999 — International Year of Older Persons — 29,300,000 • 2001 — Centenary of Federation — 27,900,000 • International Year of Volunteers — 6,000,000 • 2002 — Year of the Outback — 35,400,000 • 2003 — Australia's Volunteers — 4,100,000 • Centenary of Women's Suffrage — 10,000,000 • 2005 — 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II — 34,200,000 • 2007 — Australia's hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum — 20,100,000 • 2008 — Centenary of Scouting in Australia — 17,200,000 • 2009 — 100th Year of the Age Pension — 21,300,000 • 2010 — Centenary of Girl Guiding in Australia — 12,600,000 • 2011 — Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting — 9,400,000 • 2014 – 2018 — Centenary of ANZAC 2014–2018 — 21,900,000 (2014) 1,400,000 (2015) 2,190,000 (2016) 1,900,000 (2017) 2,000,000 (2018) • 2016 — 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency — 560,000 • 2019 — Australia’s Dollar Discovery – 35 years of the Australian $1 coin. — 1,513,000 (Letter A) 1,512,000 (Letter U) 1,512,000 (Letter S) • 2020 — Celebrating a 100 years of Qantas — 2,000,000 • 2020 – 2021 — Donation Dollar – the world's first one dollar coin designed to be donated — 12,500,000 (2020) 5,000,000 (2021) • 2024 — Bluey (TV series) – Three coins, one of Bluey Heeler, one of the Heeler family, and one of Bluey and Bingo Heeler dressed as old women/grannies • 2025 — Bluey (TV series) – Two coloured coins, both shows Bluey Heeler and Bingo Heeler celebrating an Australian summer Christmas • 2026 — "Mob of Six Roos" - 60th anniversary of decimal currency • References: