aussie $5 coins

[tyjulie]

2000 $5 Phar Lap. perhaps oz best ever race horse

[tyjulie]

$5 Don Bradman. Best ever sportsperson 

[tyjulie]

$5 about women rights ( hope i got this one right )

[Triggersmob]

Thanks for sharing, I haven't seen any of these coins before.

[Humpybong]

There are a few more that have been missed:

Royal Flying Doctor
Sunda Straight - HMAS Perth
Sunda Straight - USS Houston
Rugby World Cup
Sydney to Athens
Bicentenay of Tasmania
Melb Comm Games - Queens Relay
Commonwealth Nations

And I think I missed a couple more, but will need to look up my books to see.

[ElleKitty]

Are these NCLT coins, or do $5 coins actually circulate in Australia?  I'm leaning toward NCLT, since you have such lovely $5 notes.

[Humpybong]

No $5 coin circulates in Australia, they are all NCLT.

[tyjulie]

[Humpybong]

Awe c'mon....if you have the USS Houston you MUST have the HMAS Perth!

[tyjulie]

no
this is all of these coins i have. but your list has got me looking for the rest of them.
got these coins off ebay.

[Rusty]

Tyjulie,
I like your signature. Your wife and mine are similar, except mine is sure about it. LOL. Cheers mate.

[TwoShadows]

By golly I do have an Aussie $5 coin as the USS Houston is in my collection. The sad part is I can't remember who I was trading with at the time when I received it? None the less it is here! Of course I have the Australian Tri-metallic that sure puts a sparkle in my eye everytime I look at it!

[Humpybong]

Now all you need is it's sister....HMAS Perth.

If you are interested let me know and I will track one down for you.

[scoutjim99]

Wow !! i did not even know they made $5.00 coins.

[Brissyboy]

There are a few more that have been missed:

Royal Flying Doctor
Sunda Straight - HMAS Perth
Sunda Straight - USS Houston
Rugby World Cup
Sydney to Athens
Bicentenay of Tasmania
Melb Comm Games - Queens Relay
Commonwealth Nations

And I think I missed a couple more, but will need to look up my books to see.

Barry,

These are some of the $5 coin issues but they are not all Bi-metalic.

The $5 bi-metalic issues were:

1994 Women's Enfranchisement SA 1894-1994 in unc and proof
1996 Sir Donald Bradman Tribute in unc
1997 Sir Donald Bradman Tribute in unc from PNC
1998 Royal Flying Doctor Service 70 years of service in unc
2000 Phar Lap 1930 in unc
2002 Battle of Sunda Strait 1942-2002 in unc in HMAS Perth card and USS Houston card
2003 Rugby World Cup silver proof with selective gold overlay
2004 AFL Australia's Own Game silver proof with selective gold overlay

It is ashame the Royal Australian Mint has ceased production of the $5 with an inner metal core and outer metal ring. They weighed 10.6 grams and were 28.12 mm in diameter with an inner core ring of Aluminium bronze and the outer ring of austenitic stainless steel.

[CoinCrusader42]

I look at these $5 coins and can't help but wish that our Government would produce something similar.

[tyjulie]

royal flying doctors

[Humpybong]

I like the bi-metallic ones.....but we have stopped producing them.

[tyjulie]

[CoinCrusader42]

As a gift I received an Australian 1988 $5 coin.

It is beautiful, and one of my prize possessions.