This is the standard Australian Brilliant Uncirculated coin set for the year. It contains all the regular circulating denominations from $2 down to 5 cents. Unlike other years, none of the designs is substituted with a special commemorative edition.
This is the first Australian set of circulating coins featuring only the portrait of King Charles III (there was an earlier one marking the Change of Monarch, but it had mostly the historic effigies of Queen Elizabeth II). For some of the denominations (10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, and $1), this is the first time they were released with the portrait of the King.
The mint says about it: The 2024 6 Coin Mint Year Set captures a moment in history not witnessed in more than 70 years, as this treasured annual release undergoes a majestic transition to the new effigy of His Majesty, King Charles III by designer Daniel Thorne.
Tradition holds that Australian coins bear an effigy of the reigning Monarch on their obverse. Since the introduction of decimal currency in 1966, Australia’s circulating and collectible coins have featured five different effigies of Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning Monarch. With the succession of King Charles III, Australia’s coins will for the first time bear the effigy of a new sovereign. |