Australia’s co-operative coin presented to Dame Pauline Green – Co-operative News

The
 Australian 
co‐operative 
sector 
received
 global
 recognition
 on the closing day of Cancun proceedings 
for 
its 
work
 in
 promoting 
UN 
International 
Year
 of
 Co‐operatives,
 during
 the
 presentation
 of
 a
 national
 commemorative
 $1
 coin
 to
 the
 global
 head
 of
 the
 co‐operative 
movement, 
Dame 
Pauline 
Green.


Dame
 Pauline,
 President
 of
 the
 International
 Co‐operative
 Alliance
 (ICA),
 received
 the
 golden
 coin
 from
 Colin
 Heavyside,
 chairman
 of
 Capricorn
 Society,
 the
 ICA’s
 first
 member
 in
 Australia
 and
 the
 founding
 supporter
 of Australia’s
 international
 year
 campaign,
 at
 an
 official
 ceremony
 at
 the
 ICA’s
 General
 Assembly
 and
 conference
 in
 Cancun,
 Mexico.



The
 coin
 was
 produced
 by
 The
 Royal
 Australian
 Mint
 in
 partnership
 with
 the
 Australian
 International
 Year
 of
 Co-operatives 
secretariat. 
Its
 building
 blocks 
design
 represents
 the
 role
 that
 co‐operatives
 play 
in
 sustaining
populations
 which
 might
 otherwise
 struggle
 in
 a
 fast‐paced
 global
 economy.


Australia
 is
 the
 only 
nation 
to
 have
 produced
 a
 national
 commemorative 
coin
 celebrating 
International
 Year 
of
 Co-operatives 
2012. 
It 
has
 also 
produced 
a
 commemorative
 stamp.