Border author discusses 50th anniversary of decimal currency

By Janet Howie
Updated February 12 2016 - 6:45pm, first published 3:41pm
NOTEWORTHY: Border author Greg McDonald, an expert in coins and banknotes, compares pounds with dollars, 1966-style. But he says Australia's first dollar was actually a colonial coin circulated between 1813 and 1829.
NOTEWORTHY: Border author Greg McDonald, an expert in coins and banknotes, compares pounds with dollars, 1966-style. But he says Australia's first dollar was actually a colonial coin circulated between 1813 and 1829.

IMAGINE sticking a roo in your pocket, an emu in your wallet or buying your coffee with an Aussie.

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