2016 4x $1 Coin Australia's First Mints Growth From Gold Year Set - Mintage: 17,077

Product Description

Explore Australia’s gold rush heritage with the 2016 Australia’s First Mints – Growth from Gold Four-Coin Uncirculated Set. Issued by the Royal Australian Mint, this collection celebrates the early mints and gold sovereigns that helped shape Australia’s currency.

The set contains four Australian $1 coins featuring a design inspired by the distinctive Sydney Mint sovereign. A Canberra ‘C’ mintmark joins the ‘S’, ‘M’ and ‘P’ privy marks, representing Sydney, Melbourne and Perth the locations of Australia’s historic Royal Mint branches.

Each coin is struck in aluminium bronze, weighs 9g and measures 25mm in diameter. Together, the four coins connect Australia’s colonial gold coinage with its modern decimal currency.

Presented in themed Royal Australian Mint packaging, this set makes an appealing addition to Australian $1 collections, mintmark series and collections celebrating the gold rush era. Available from All Things Minted.