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Why your 5 and 10 cent coins may soon disappear – NEWS.com.au
Why your five and 10 cent coins may soon disappear
Even before the pandemic, the Royal Australian Mint was gently nudging the five cent piece into its grave. Demand for coins had halved in the last five years, the Mint boss said as 2020 dawned, and he expected Australia’s smallest coins – the echidna-emblazoned five and the 10 cent piece with its lyrebird – to “die naturally” soon enough.
The pandemic is now likely to dramatically shorten the natural life course of Australia’s smallest silver coins.
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