5 Cents (Echidna),Elizabeth II 4th Portrait,Australia

Issued on:1999
Last issue date:2019
Distribution:Standard Circulation
Mints:Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia
Composition:Copper-Nickel
Edge:Reeded/cable
Orientation:Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:Circular
Rim:Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Weight:2.83 grams
Diameter:19.41 mm
Thickness:1.3 mm
Face value:5 c - Australian cent
Known mintage:1,057,570,693
Composition Details:75% copper, 25% nickel
Description:
Obverse: 4rd Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right
legend: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996
designer: Raphael David Maklouf (RDM)
Reverse: (value) 5, in front of a short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
designer: Stuart Devlin (SD)

Designer: (SD) Stuart Devlin / (IRB) Ian Rank-Broadley