AUSTRALIAN COINS DECIMAL: KEY DATES

Within each type of issue the order of dates to go for are from RAREST to SCARCE. The idea is that rare and scarce coins have the most potential to increase in value- so collect these. The following will outline the types of Australian decimal coins and dates to go for:

The following will outline the decimal coin issues:

One Cent

Queen Elizabeth II- (Bronze coin)- 1966-1984

Dates to go for: 1966 Perth mint, 1968 Perth mint

Two Cent

Queen Elizabeth II- (Bronze coin)- 1966-1984

Dates to go for: 1967 Perth mint

Five Cents

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1966-1984

Dates to go for: 1972

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1985-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1999-now

Ten Cents

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1966-1984

Dates to go for: 1972, 1968

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1985-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1999-now

Twenty Cents

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1966-1984

Dates to go for: 1968, 1969

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1985-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1999-now

Fifty Cents

Queen Elizabeth II- (80% Silver coin)- 1966

Dates to go for: 1966

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1969-1984

Dates to go for: 1972, 1973, 1974

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1985-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Cupro-Nickel coin)- 1999-now

One Dollar

Queen Elizabeth II- (Aluminium Bronze coin)- 1984

Queen Elizabeth II- (Aluminium Bronze coin)- 1985-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Aluminium Bronze coin)- 2000-now

Dates to go for: 2000

Two Dollars

Queen Elizabeth II- (Aluminium Bronze coin & Silver coin)-
1988-1998

Queen Elizabeth II- (Aluminium Bronze coin & Silver coin)-
1999-now

Dates to go for: 2000