Title:
2006 AU Proof Coin Set - 40 Years of Decimal Currency
Description:
The brilliantly crafted coins in this 2006 Proof Set represent the different denominations of Australian coins introduced from 1966 with Australia’s historic change to decimal currency. For the first time since 1966 the 50 cent coin appears in its original round form, minted with a metal content of 80% silver. The 1 & 2 cent pieces are also featured in this set.
The 2006 Proof Year Set celebrates Stuart Devlin’s 1966 designs emphasising
Australia’s unique fauna. The characters featured on the coins are:
Feather-tail glider - 1 cent
A type of possum and the smallest of Australia’s gliding marsupials.
Frilled neck lizard - 2 cent
Growing to about a metre in length when cornered it presents a gaping, hissing mouth in the middle of its brightly coloured neck frill.
Echidna or spiny ant-eater - 5 cent
One of only two egg-laying mammals, known as a monotreme, it is about 45 centimetres long and rolls up into a spiny ball when threatened:
Lyrebird - 10 cent
About the size of a pheasant, the male of the species possesses a magnificent tail and the bird is famous as a mimic in the dense forests it inhabits.
Platypus - 20 cent
Australia’s other egg-laying mammal it is found in rivers and creeks where, with webbed feet and rich short fur, it swims with the dash of a seal.
Kangaroo and Emu - 50 cent
The kangaroo is Australia’s biggest marsupial, with species found over the entire continent. The emu, the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich, ranges over most of Australia.
The 2006 Proof Year Set celebrates Stuart Devlin’s 1966 designs emphasising
Australia’s unique fauna. The characters featured on the coins are:
Feather-tail glider - 1 cent
A type of possum and the smallest of Australia’s gliding marsupials.
Frilled neck lizard - 2 cent
Growing to about a metre in length when cornered it presents a gaping, hissing mouth in the middle of its brightly coloured neck frill.
Echidna or spiny ant-eater - 5 cent
One of only two egg-laying mammals, known as a monotreme, it is about 45 centimetres long and rolls up into a spiny ball when threatened:
Lyrebird - 10 cent
About the size of a pheasant, the male of the species possesses a magnificent tail and the bird is famous as a mimic in the dense forests it inhabits.
Platypus - 20 cent
Australia’s other egg-laying mammal it is found in rivers and creeks where, with webbed feet and rich short fur, it swims with the dash of a seal.
Kangaroo and Emu - 50 cent
The kangaroo is Australia’s biggest marsupial, with species found over the entire continent. The emu, the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich, ranges over most of Australia.
Country:
Australia
Year:
2006
Denomination:
$0.00
Designers:
Ian Rank-Broadley
Stuart Devlin
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Date Added:
2018-06-08 16:55:04
Date Added:
2018-06-08 16:55:04
