One Dollar 2021 Z - Zinc Sunscreen, 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 Z features the Zinc Sunscreen.

Z is for Zinc Sunscreen. The long Australian summer means making the most of the good weather - often including epic games of backyard cricket or days at the beach full of sun, sand and surf. Once zinc is applied, it sits on top of the skin, rather than being absorbed, to block harmful rays from penetrating the skin and save unsuspecting punters from a nasty burn. Not only does zinc protect us from the sun, it’s popular at children’s school sports days where they can show off their team’s colours by decorating their faces with the cream, which often comes in pink, blue, green, red and yellow sticks.