Because the first British settlement in Australia was a penal colony, there wasn’t much need for coins or currency. As The Perth Mint noted in a blog, authorities envisioned a “self-sufficient ...

The haul was worth an estimated $600,000 in Australian currency, equal to roughly $393,000 ... is accused of stealing the $1 coins from a Sydney warehouse where he worked and then attempting ...

If you’re the sort of person who tosses your loose change into a jar at the end of the day, you might want to take a closer ...

The Australian Dollar is one of the oldest coins still in use today. It was introduced in 1966, replacing the Australian pound. I remember the first time I held a shiny Australian dollar coin ...

The Bluey coins, with a face value of one Australian dollar (65 U.S. cents) each, were found Tuesday afternoon in a self-storage business in the Sydney suburb of Wentworthville, a police statement ...