Pre - Decimal   

Before 1900 Australia was a British Colony and used English coinage as legal tender.

Australia changed to decimal currency in 1966, before this time we used the English monetary system of Pounds, Shillings and Pence.

Mint marks for both systems are many, and variations are common in all types of Australian Coins, for more information on varieties click on the link at the bottom of this page.

Listed below is a guide to the Mint Marks used on Australian Coins.

Pre Decimal.

Copper Coins:

(Y.) (A.) Dot after A or Y = Perth Mint.

(H) below scroll = Heaton Mint, England.

(.B) Dot below scroll = Melbourne Mint.

(.A) Dot above scroll = Sydney Mint.

(I) below Monarch= Bombay Mint India.

(I) Below scroll= Calcutta Mint India.

(PL) After Y = Royal Mint London.

Dot between K&G on reverse = Perth Mint.

Silver Coins:

(M) Under date = Melbourne Mint.

(S) Under ribbon =  Sanfrancisco Mint U.S.A.

(D) Under Ribbon= Denver Mint U.S.A.

(PL) Either side of wheat = Royal Mint London.

(*) Above date = Sydney Mint.

(H) Under Date = Heaton Mint Birmingham England.

(.S) Dot after star and before S (Shilling) = Perth Mint.

I will place the relevant mint mark in brackets after the date in the list of coins in this collection.

All decimal coins for circulation  are produced at the Royal Australian Mint Canberra.

  Commemorative issues, Special coins of  Silver and Gold are produced at other mints and carry the mint mark for that mint:                                                                                                                          

(S) = Sydney.

(M) = Melbourne                                                      

(P) = Perth.

(B) = Brisbane.

(C) = Canberra.

The collection is organized in order of English Monarch which begins with King Edward 7th, King George 5th, moves through King George 6th to the current Monarch Queen Elizabeth 2nd.

King Edward VII .(7)

Three Pence: 

1910~1

Six Pence:

1910~1

KING GEORGE V .(5)

Half Penny:

1911~2
1916(I)~2
1917(I)~1
1919~1
1926~1
1935~2

Penny:

1911~4
1912(H)~3
1913~3
1915(H)~3
1916(I)~7
1917(I)~5
1919~17
1919(.B)~16
1920~5
1921~12
1922~13
1923~1
1924~11
1926~2
1927~13
1928~1
1929~1
1932~3
1933~12
1934~6
1935~8
1936~6

Three pence.

1912~1
1922~2
1924~1
1934~1
1935~1

Six pence.

1918~1
1925~1
1926~1

Shilling.

1914~1
1916(M)~1
1917(M)~2
1922~1
1925~1

King George VI .(6)

Half Penny:

1938~2
1941~2
1942(I)~1
1942(Y.)~1
1943~10
1946(Y.)~6
1947(Y.)~6
1948~2
1948(Y.)~8
1949(Y.)~4
1950(Y.)~5
1951(PL)~5
1951(Y.)~9
1951~2
1952(A.)~1

Penny:

1938~3
1939~2
1942(Y.)~5
1943~6
1943(Y.)~5
1944(Y.)~3
1945(Y.)~3
1946~1
1947~4
1947(Y.)~1
1948~2
1949~6
1950~2
1950(Y.)~5
1951~4
1951(Y.)~3
1951(PL)~5
1952~4
1952(A.)~6

Three Pence:

1941~1
1942(S)~1
1942(D)~1
1943~3
1943(D)~3
1943(S)~1
1944(S)~7
1948~2
1949~8
1950~9
1951~3
1951(PL)~7
1952~6

Six Pence:

1938~2
1939~2
1940~1
1942(D)~2
1943(S)~1
1945~1
1946~4
1948~1
1950~2
1951(PL)~4
1951~5

Shilling:

1941~1
1942(D)~1
1946(.S)~1
1948~1
1950~2
1952~2

Florin:

1947~2

Crown:

1937~5

Queen Elizabeth 11. (2nd)

Half Penny:

1953(A.)~4
1954(Y.)~3
1955~3
1959~3
1960(Y.)~3
1961(Y.)~5
1962(Y.)~3
1963(Y.)~4
1964(Y.)~2

Penny:

1953(A.)~1
 1955(Y.)~1
1955(.B)~2
1956~3
1956(Y.)~1
1957(Y.)~1
1958~1
1958(Y.)~1
1959(Y.)~1
1961(Y.)~2
1962(Y.)~5
1963(Y.)~4
1964~7
1964(Y.)~1

Three Pence:

1954~1
1955~5
1957~4
1958~7
1960~2
1961~5
1963~2
1964~2

Six Pence:

1953~1
1954~1
1955~4
1956~1
1957~2
1958~8
1959~6
1960~9
1961~7
1962~14
1963~5

Shilling:

1953~2
1954~2
1957~2
1959~1
1960~1
1961~5
1962~1

Florin:

1954~2 Commemorative Issue.
1960~2
1963~1

Decimal  Coinage:

The coin quantities listed in this section are representative of that coin only in that I have more than 1 of each of them in most cases.

*Mint Marks do exist in the Decimal coins of the first 2 or 3 years of issue, but they consist of small alterations to the pictures of the animals on the reverse side of the coin and are hard to detect as years of use detracts from the mint lustre of the coin.*

More information on Mint Marks and indeed Australian coins and Banknotes in general may be obtained from:

 The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes
11th Edition
by
Greg McDonald

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