2012 $1 Wheat Sheaf Dollar 'C' Mintmark Uncirculated Coin PNCs - ANDA The coin's coloured reverse depicts

The coin's coloured reverse depicts a platypus against the background of a tropical waterfall and river

With a coin for each of the 18 teams

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Australia

but it was not until the Coinage Act of 1909 that the Government took steps to introduce distinctive Australian coins

completed in October 1917

2012 $1 Wheat Sheaf Dollar 'C' Mintmark Uncirculated Coin PNCs - ANDA The coin's coloured reverse depictsDuring the first half of the 20th century, Australian coin designs reflected the nations burgeoning independence, which developed in parallel with successes in agriculture and primary industry. Australias current strong position in the global market was founded in the paddocks and plantations of generations past.