Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy, Coin from Australia - detailed information

Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy, Coin from Australia
CoinFive Cents 2024 Echidna Toy

The Australian 5 cent coin was first introduced with decimalisation on 14 February 1966 when it replaced the pre-decimal Australian sixpence. The original reverse design by Stuart Devlin has not been changed since its introduction.

The denomination is occasionally used by both the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint to issue collector coins, which are legal tender in Australia - such as this one.

This coin design was issued in the baby mint sets of the year only; all the coins in the set are re-imagined versions of the "definitive" types and are designed as baby toys. The five-cent coin shows a wooden "posable" echidna - a popular children's toy made of wood and pieces of rope.

These coins are Non-Circulating Legal Tender (collector issue). No coins of this type have been released into circulation.

MintRoyal Australian Mint Mint MarkNo mint mark Mintageunknown
Obverse
Australia / Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin displays the bust of King Charles III, which depicts him bare-headed (uncrowned) and wearing a suit and tie, facing left.

Below the shoulder truncation in tiny letters, the artist's initials DT (for Dan Thorne).

Around the rim, the monarch's legend and the date of issue: CHARLES III · AUSTRALIA 2024.

Obverse Inscription CHARLES III · AUSTRALIA 2024
Reverse
Australia / Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy - reverse photo

The reverse of the coin is a re-design of Stuart Devlin's definitive 5-cent piece showing an echidna (also known as a spiny ant-eater) seen from below as it rolls into a protective ball. It is implemented as a wood-and-rope posable children's toy.

Superimposed over the echidna, the numeral for the value: 5 [cents].

Reverse Inscription 5
EdgeMilledEdge InscriptionNone
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Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy: Known varieties
Variety In mint sets
Images Australia / Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy / In mint sets - obverse photo Australia / Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy / In mint sets - reverse photo
Mintage Issued: unknown
Details

Brilliant Unirculated coins in RAM mint sets.

In Set Baby Coins 2024 Uncirculated Year Set, mintage unknown
6 coins: $2 Baby, $1 Kangaroo Toys, 50 Cents Kangaroo and Emu Toys, 20 Cents Platypus Toy, 10 Cents Lyrebird Toy, 5 Cents Echidna Toy, Baby Set Medal
Variety Proof FDC
Images Australia / Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy / Proof FDC - reverse photo
Mintage Issued: unknown
Details

Proof coins in RAM mint sets.

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Five Cents 2024 Echidna Toy: Details
CountryAustralia
CurrencyAustralian Dollar
Coin TypeFive Cents, NCLT
Issued2024
MonarchKing Charles III
EffigyKing Charles III - Portrait by Dan Thorne
Face Value5 (x Cent)
Mintageunknown
CurrentYes
MaterialCuproNickel
DesignerBronwyn King
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size19.5300 mm
Mass2.8300 g
OCC IDANMQ-EPYC-NPVG-OJYG
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