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| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised depiction of a didgeridoo, rendered diagonally across the field with concentric arc lines suggesting the instrument's resonant bell and decorated mouthpiece end at lower right. A large uppercase letter D occupies the lower centre of the field, serving as the alphabetical identifier for this issue of the Great Aussie Coin Hunt series. The inscription ONE DOLLAR · DIDGERIDOO curves along the lower rim. |
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The Great Aussie Coin Hunt was a circulation program launched by the Royal Australian Mint in 2019, releasing 26 lettered dollar coins — one for each letter of the alphabet — each paired with an object or concept tied to Australian identity. The campaign was a deliberate effort to drive public engagement with coinage at a time when cash transactions in Australia had been declining steadily for years. Millions of each letter were struck and released through supermarket change, making the hunt genuinely accessible rather than a collector-only exercise.
"D" was assigned to the dingo. Completing a full A–Z set in circulated condition proved harder than the mintage figures suggest — distribution was uneven across states.