One Dollar 2021 Y - Yabby, 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 Y features the Yabby.

Y is for the Yabby - the most widespread Australian crayfish. Catching yabbies is a popular past-time among Australian children and their sweet-flavoured meat a delicacy enjoyed by many. Found in freshwater dams and waterways across Australia, the anticipation of pulling in a yabby net or waiting for a yabby to grasp the bait on the end of a line can be associated by many, with the spoils usually being cooked in boiling water and eaten plain. They have an impressive scientific name, Cherax destructor, and so it’s no wonder yabbies are often found missing a claw or a limb, usually from an aggressive encounter with a fellow yabby or predator.