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Australian Coins

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the diameter of the Australian $2 coin?

a)

18mm

b)

21.5mm

c)

20.5mm

d)

22mm

2.

How many kangaroos appear on the Australian $1 'Mob of Roos' design?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

3.

Which branch of the Royal Mint is the only one still operating today in Australia?

(a)  

4.

What year did Australia adopt decimal currency?

a)

1965

b)

1966

c)

1967

d)

1968

5.

The Australian 50c we use today used to be a different shape - name the shape!

a)

circle

b)

hexagon

c)

octagon

d)

square

6.

Coins used to be designed using a large-scale model which was known as a.....what?

a)

render

b)

die-cast

c)

plaster

d)

engraving

7.

The Royal Australian Mint has a staircase featuring 5c coins - guess how many coins are contained in the staircase?

a)

1 million

b)

150,000

c)

15,000

d)

250,000

8.

Name the two monotremes that appear on Australian coins

a)

kangaroo

b)

emu

c)

echidna

d)

platypus

9.

What are all the different types of metals that appear in Australian circulating currency - check all that apply

a)

copper

b)

nickel

c)

aluminium

d)

silver

10.

Which designer's effigy portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was the first to appear on an Australian obverse?

a)

Ian Rank-Broadley

b)

Arnold Machin

c)

Raphael Maklouf

d)

Mary Gillick

e)

Jody Clark