Issued to mark the centenary of Australian Federation, this piece belongs to a six-coin colourised series released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2001 — each coin depicting one of the six states at the moment of their unification on 1 January 1901. The pad-printing technique applied to circulating-format copper-nickel was still a relative novelty for the RAM at this point, and the process drew some collector criticism for inconsistent colour adhesion on early production pieces.
Issued to mark the centenary of Australian Federation, this piece belongs to a six-coin colourised series released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2001 — each coin depicting one of the six states at the moment of their unification on 1 January 1901. The pad-printing technique applied to circulating-format copper-nickel was still a relative novelty for the RAM at this point, and the process drew some collector criticism for inconsistent colour adhesion on early production pieces.