The Royal Australian Mint has released 3.5 million $1 coins featuring the image of King Charles III on the "heads" side
It's the first time in 70 years a monarch other than his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, has featured on an Australian coin.
The coins started circulating well and truly at Cooleman Court on Tuesday when Mint CEO Leigh Gordon spent $200 of his own money to buy gifts for charity, using the new coins