Australian Money

I thought I would share a little about the money here for all you who may be interested.  There are a lot of coins here.  I swear I am carrying 10 extra pounds in coins around each day. The reason for that in AU they use a $1 coin, a $2 coin and 50¢, 20¢, 10¢ and 5¢ coins.  That is a lot of coins!

50¢ piece with AU's coat of arms: the 6 state badges on a
central shield supported by a kangaroo and an emu

20¢ piece with a platypus; one of only two egg-laying
mammals in the world

10¢ piece features the male lyrebird dancing

5¢ piece depicts the echidna or spiny anteater,  the
world's only other egg-laying mammal

$1 piece depicts 5 kangaroos

$2 piece depicts an Aboriginal tribal leader

The dollar bills interestingly enough are made of polymer.   The polymer notes are much, much harder to counterfeit and last four times as long as paper money.  This type of money was developed in AU and they actually print polymer money for several other countries.  The bills are actually quite intricate and are very beautiful as well.

$50 note depicts a famous Aboriginal writer and inventor and
the first female parliament member

$20 depicts some famous Australians

$10 note depicts 2 AU poets

$5 Queen E the seond