Because the first British settlement in Australia was a penal colony, there wasn’t much need for coins or currency. As The Perth Mint noted in a blog, authorities envisioned a “self-sufficient ...
Australian currency was originally based on British pounds, shillings and pence. That changed in 1966, when the country converted to Australian dollars and cents, similar to the U.S. system. The ...
On the Australian one dollar coin, you will often find the famous representation of a mob of five kangaroos. But when did the ...
The newest iteration of the annual issue by the Perth Mint to celebrate Australian citizenship, a popular acquisition for new ...
The huge popularity of the 2024 coins resulted in 63,000 of them becoming the focus of a Sydney heist reportedly worth ... The Australian Banking Association in 2023 predicted cash use to drop to 4 ...