1999-Date Australia 5 Cents

$2.50

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Get this 5-cent piece from Australia whose obverse still honors the late Queen Elizabeth II!


  • 1990-Date (our choice)
  • Struck in 75% copper and 25% nickel
  • Obverse features fourth portrait of the queen with the festoon and fleur-de-lis Girls of Great Britain and Ireland diamond tiara
  • Queen Mary gifted her 1893 tiara to Princess Elizabeth to celebrate her 1947 wedding to the Duke of Edinburgh
  • Reverse depicts a short beaked echidna (ah-kidna) with its distinctive snout, sharp claws needed to dig underground to survive Australia's heat, and its pelt covered in fur and spines used for protection

This coin's versatile design makes it equally ideal for a world, QEII or exotic animal coin collection – order today!