Young Collectors has 12 Australian Animal $1 coins dated 2008.

Australian Legal Tender

Each 2008-dated coin is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.   

Fascinating Animal Reverse Designs

The 12 reverse designs depict:

Air:

• Palm Cockatoo - Australia’s largest Cockatoo
• Wedge Tailed Eagle - Australia’s largest bird of prey
• Ghost Bat - the only carnivorous bat in Australia
• Splendid Wren – a beautiful bird with brilliant blue plumage

Land:

• Echidna – a prickly egg-laying mammal
• Grey Kangaroo - Australia’s most famous marsupial
• Common Wombat – the largest burrowing herbivorous mammal
• Frilled Neck Lizard - Australia’s reptile emblem

Water:

• Whale Shark - the world’s largest fish
• Platypus – one of only three species of egg-laying mammals
• Green Turtle - a reptile whose ancestors predate the dinosaurs
• Australian Sea Lion – a unique Australian aquatic mammal

Technical Specifications

Denomination:	$1
Weight:	13.80g
Diameter:	30.20mm
Thickness	3.10mm
Designer:	Justin Graham