Australian Decimal Coins - Six-Coin Proof Set, Coin Set from Australia - detailed information

This coin set was issued by the (then newly founded) Royal Australian Mint, and contains all six of the circulating denominations issued by Australia at the time: from 1 Cent up to 50 Cents (the larger denominations of $1 and $2 had not yet not introduced at that time). These are the first decimal Australian coins, after the transition from the pre-decimal Australian Pound.

The 50 cents coin is the only circulating silver issued by Australia after decimalisation; after 1966, the denomination was debased and the round silver coin included in this set was replaced by a twelve-sided copper-nickel 50c piece.

The coins in the set are in Proof FDC grade. They are dated 1966, but were produced in 1967 and 1968. According to the mint's annual report of 1967-8 they had produced 10,514 1966 proof sets of which 8,939 had been sent to customers. The 1968-9 report adds another 45,240 individual coins for 7,540 sets. This totals 18,054 sets produced.