One Dollar 2021 L - Lyrebird, Coin from Australia - detailed information

The one dollar coin denomination (written as $1) was introduced in Australia in 1984, replacing the earlier banknotes. The original definitive type featuring five kangaroos has not been changed since its introduction and is still issued regularly.

Apart from the regular design, the Royal Australian Mint issues a large variety of circulating commemorative one dollar coins which have the same specifications and circulate in parallel with the definitive type - such as this one.

This circulating commemorative dollar coin is part of the The Great Aussie Coin Hunt 2 campaign - a series of 26 different $1 coins where each features a letter of the English alphabet and an Australian symbol starting with that letter. The coin for the letter L features one of Australia's not so famous birds - the Lyrebird.

L is for the Lyrebird - nature’s miracle mimic. This is thanks to the lyrebird’s remarkable ability to mimic both other birds’ cries (like the kookaburra) and, according to some sources, even humans, other mammals and machinery including chainsaws. You may recognise this ground-dwelling bird from the ten cent coin and $100 note. But in real life, the lyrebird is less inclined to seek the limelight, with its shy personality and ability to camouflage.