Information about what currencies were issued by Australia, with lists of coinage, as well as periods when foreign-issued currencies were used. |
Currency | Australian Pound |
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Period | Australian Pound |
Used | 1910 - 1966 |
Description | The pound (symbol £, or A£ when distinguished from other currencies called the pound) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (symbol s), each of 12 pence (symbol d). |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Crown 1937 | 1,800,100 |
Crown 1938 | 101,800 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Penny 1911 | 3,768,000 |
Penny 1912 | 3,600,000 |
Penny 1913 | 2,520,000 |
Penny 1914 | 720,000 |
Penny 1915 | 2,280,000 |
Penny 1916 | 3,324,000 |
Penny 1917 | 6,240,000 |
Penny 1918 | 1,200,000 |
Penny 1919 | 5,810,160 |
Penny 1920 | 9,041,600 |
Penny 1921 | 7,438,320 |
Penny 1922 | 12,697,440 |
Penny 1923 | 5,654,400 |
Penny 1924 | 4,665,840 |
Penny 1925 | 1,639,200 |
Penny 1926 | 1,860,000 |
Penny 1927 | 4,922,450 |
Penny 1928 | 3,038,400 |
Penny 1929 | 2,599,200 |
Penny 1930 | unknown |
Penny 1931 | 494,400 |
Penny 1932 | 2,116,800 |
Penny 1933 | 5,817,600 |
Penny 1934 | 5,808,100 |
Penny 1935 | 3,724,900 |
Penny 1936 | 9,890,400 |
Penny 1937 (pattern) | 12 |
Penny 1938 | 5,552,650 |
Penny 1939 | 6,240,000 |
Penny 1940 | 5,188,800 |
Penny 1941 | 14,382,800 |
Penny 1942 | 21,244,800 |
Penny 1943 | 53,198,400 |
Penny 1944 | 29,942,000 |
Penny 1945 | 15,172,806 |
Penny 1946 | 240,000 |
Penny 1947 | 11,174,400 |
Penny 1948 | 28,150,000 |
Penny 1949 | 27,064,800 |
Penny 1950 | 57,846,800 |
Penny 1951 | 52,128,000 |
Penny 1952 | 57,922,000 |
Penny 1953 | 13,138,816 |
Penny 1955 | 17,447,101 |
Penny 1956 | 25,994,917 |
Penny 1957 | 15,979,112 |
Penny 1958 | 24,443,334 |
Penny 1959 | 16,048,136 |
Penny 1960 | 20,516,230 |
Penny 1961 | 30,608,240 |
Currency | Australian Dollar |
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Period | Australian Dollar |
Used | 1966 - present |
Description | In February 1959 the Commonwealth Government appointed a Decimal Currency Committee to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of a decimal currency, and, if a decimal currency was favoured, the unit of account and denominations of subsidiary currency most appropriate for Australia, the method of introduction and the cost involved. The Committee presented its report in August 1960. It recommended the date of introduction of the new system to be the second Monday in February, 1963. In July 1961 the Commonwealth Government confirmed its support of a decimal currency system, but considered it undesirable to make final decisions on the detailed arrangement that would be necessary to effect the change. On 7 April 1963 the Commonwealth Government announced that a system of decimal currency was to be introduced into Australia at the earliest practicable date, and gave February 1966, as the tentative change-over date. On 14 February 1966, a decimal currency, the dollar of one hundred cents, was introduced. Under the implementation conversion rate, £1 was set as the equivalent of $2. Thus, 10s became $1 and 1s became 10c. The conversion rate was problematic for the pre-decimal penny since the shilling was divided into twelve pence. An exchange rate of $2.40:£1 would have allowed for accurate conversion down to the penny, with one penny becoming one cent, however the Government thought it more important that the new currency unit be more valuable than the United States dollar which it would not have been under a 2.4:1 ratio. |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Two Cents 1966 | 429,664,404 |
Two Cents 1967 | 73,250,000 |
Two Cents 1968 | 16,995,000 |
Two Cents 1969 | 12,953,000 |
Two Cents 1970 | 39,887,000 |
Two Cents 1971 | 60,745,000 |
Two Cents 1972 | 77,580,000 |
Two Cents 1973 | 94,068,000 |
Two Cents 1974 | 177,734,000 |
Two Cents 1975 | 100,068,000 |
Two Cents 1976 | 121,903,000 |
Two Cents 1977 | 102,055,000 |
Two Cents 1978 | 128,739,000 |
Two Cents 1979 | 69,741,000 |
Two Cents 1980 | 145,671,000 |
Two Cents 1981 | 247,386,000 |
Two Cents 1982 | 121,870,000 |
Two Cents 1983 | 177,307,000 |
Two Cents 1984 | 58,024,000 |
Two Cents 1985 | 32,600,000 |
Two Cents 1986 (mint sets only) | 247,000 |
Two Cents 1987 (mint sets only) | 270,000 |
Two Cents 1988 | 29,011,000 |
Two Cents 1989 | 124,500,000 |
Two Cents 1990 (mint sets only) | 156,000 |
Two Cents 1991 (mint sets only) | 189,000 |
Two Cents 2006 (mint sets only) | 84,407 |
Two Cents 2010 (Proof only) | 400 |
Two Cents 2016 (mint sets only) | 10,000 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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One Cent 1966 | 412,085,110 |
One Cent 1967 | 110,055,000 |
One Cent 1968 | 19,930,000 |
One Cent 1969 | 8,793,000 |
One Cent 1970 | 72,575,000 |
One Cent 1971 | 102,465,000 |
One Cent 1972 | 82,410,000 |
One Cent 1973 | 140,720,000 |
One Cent 1974 | 131,733,000 |
One Cent 1975 | 134,798,000 |
One Cent 1976 | 172,956,000 |
One Cent 1977 | 153,485,000 |
One Cent 1978 | 97,292,000 |
One Cent 1979 | 130,375,000 |
One Cent 1980 | 137,960,000 |
One Cent 1981 | 223,986,000 |
One Cent 1982 | 134,390,000 |
One Cent 1983 | 205,705,000 |
One Cent 1984 | 74,796,000 |
One Cent 1985 | 45,900,000 |
One Cent 1986 (mint sets only) | 247,000 |
One Cent 1987 | 127,000,000 |
One Cent 1988 | 108,400,000 |
One Cent 1989 | 168,400,000 |
One Cent 1990 | 133,300,000 |
One Cent 1991 (mint sets only) | 216,000 |
One Cent 2006 (mint sets only) | 87,407 |
One Cent 2010 (Proof only) | 400 |
One Cent 2016 (mint sets only) | 10,000 |
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