Australian ten - cent coin - Wikipedia Australian ten - cent coin Ten Cents Australia Value 0.10 AUD Mass 5.65 g Diameter 23.60 mm Thickness 2.00 mm Edge milled Composition 75 % Copper, 25 % Nickel Years of minting 1966 -- present Catalog number -- Obverse Design Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia Designer Ian Rank - Broadley Design date 1999 Reverse Design Male superb lyrebird ( Menura novaehollandiae ) Designer Stuart Devlin Design date 1966 The Australian ten - cent coin is a coin of the decimal Australian dollar. When the dollar was introduced as half of an Australian pound on 14 February 1966, the coin inherited the specifications of the pre-decimal shilling ; both coins were worth one twentieth of a pound. On introduction it was the fourth - lowest denomination coin. Since the withdrawal from circulation of the one and two cent coins in 1992, it has been the second - lowest denomination coin in circulation. For the first year of minting ( 1966 ), 30 million coins were produced at the British Royal Mint ( then in London ), and 11 million at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. Since then, all coins have been produced in Canberra, with the exception of 1981 when 40 million coins from the Royal Mint 's new headquarters in Llantrisant, Wales supplemented the 76.1 million produced in Canberra. Years without issue were 1986, 1987, 1995 and 1996. The lowest mintage was in 2011, when 1.7 million coins were issued. There has been one commemorative issue for this denomination, the 50th anniversary of decimal currency in 2016. The image of a male superb lyrebird ( Menura novaehollandiae ) is displayed on the reverse of all ten - cent coin. It was designed by Stuart Devlin, who designed the reverses of all of the coins of the Australian dollar introduced in 1966. The obverse has displayed different designs featuring the head of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia : from 1966 to 1984, the head by Arnold Machin ; from 1985 to 1998, the head by Raphael Maklouf ; from 1999 to 2015, and since 2017, the head by Ian Rank - Broadley. The obverse of these coins has the inscription AUSTRALIA and the year - of - issue on the right hand side, and ELIZABETH II on the left hand side. In 2016, ( the 50th anniversary of decimal currency ), the obverse was designed by G.K. Gray. Five - cent, ten - cent, twenty - cent, and fifty - cent coins are legal tender up to the sum of $5. References ^ Jump up to : `` Ten cents ''. ramint.gov.au. 1966 - 02 - 14. Retrieved 2011 - 11 - 02. Jump up ^ The inclusion of an effigy of the Queen on the obverse of Australia 's coinage is mandated by Regulation 4 ( c ) of the Currency Regulations made under the Currency Act 1965. Portraits of Her Majesty have all faced to the right in line with a convention, said to have commenced with Charles II ( 1660 - 1685 ), that the new Monarch 's portrait would face in a direction opposite to that of their predecessor. - Coins from Australia / Coin Type : Ten Cents, Online Coin Club. Jump up ^ `` RBA Banknotes : Legal Tender ''. banknotes.rba.gov.au. Retrieved 2018 - 07 - 24. External links Australian Decimal Currency, www.australianstamp.com 10 cents, museumvictoria.com.au Preceded by Shilling ( Australian ) Ten Cents ( Australian ) 1966 -- present Succeeded by Present Australian currency Decimal coins 1c 2c 5c 10c 20c 50c ( round ) $1 $2 Coins of the $ Commemorative coins Decimal notes $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 Banknotes of the $ Pre-decimal coins ​ ⁄ d 1d 3d 6d 1s 2s 5s Pre - £ coins Coins of the £ Pre-decimal notes 5s 10s £ 1 £ 5 £ 10 £ 20 £ 50 £ 100 £ 1000 Mints Sydney Mint ( 1855 -- 1926 ) Melbourne Mint ( 1872 -- 1967 ) Perth Mint ( 1899 -- ) Royal Australian Mint ( 1965 -- ) Topics Australian dollar Australian pound ( obsolete ) Banknotes of the Australian pound ( obsolete ) Note Printing Australia Pound sterling ( obsolete ) Reserve Bank of Australia Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_ten-cent_coin&oldid=851829916 '' Categories : Decimal coins of Australia Ten - cent coins Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from December 2013 Use Australian English from December 2013 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Coin article with no obverse image All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from May 2018 Talk About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia 日本 語 Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 24 July 2018, at 21 : 44 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what animal is on the australian ten cent piece
Answer: Male superb lyrebird