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A new face on Australia's coins

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Coins in production at the Royal Mint Source: SBS News / SBS

Australians have never known decimal currency without the portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second on it.But from next year, new coins will see the face of King Charles the Third on one side.


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By Emma Kellaway

Source: SBS News


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Australians have never known decimal currency without the portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second on it.But from next year, new coins will see the face of King Charles the Third on one side.



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