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AUSTRALIAS NEW "SQUARE" COIN
The 50 cent piece weighs half an ounce and was unveiled at Perth Mint.
The coin was inspired by square nickel pennies and half pennies made at the Melbourne Mint over 80 years ago.
At the time the public didn't like the shape or the weight of the coins, so they weren't circulated.
Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell told abc news: "Clearly the people at the Melbourne Mint as it was in 1919 were years ahead of their time in thinking outside the circle, and looking at a very practical solution to the problem of old bronze coins wearing holes in people's pockets."
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