5 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait
© Museum Victoria
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1966-1984 |
| Value | 5 cents 0.05 AUD = 0.031 USD |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 2.83 g |
| Diameter | 19.4 mm |
| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| References |
KM#
64, Standard Catalog of World Coins
Schön#
51 by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog
by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag) |
Obverse
2nd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1966
Arnold Machin O.B.E., R.A. was a British artist, sculptor, coin and stamp designer.Reverse
Short-beaked Echidnas or Spiny Ant Eaters (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and denomination in cents; designer mark below
Lettering:
5
SD
Stuart Leslie Devlin, AO, CMG is a significant contemporary gold and silversmith. Australian-born, he has designed coins for countries around the world, and became especially well known as London-based designer of gold and silver collector's items in the 1970s and 80s.
Edge
Reeded
© Mike Bentley
Mints
| Short spine on the right shoulder of the echidna (1966 only) | Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia |
| Short spine on the right shoulder of the echidna (1966 only) | Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia |
| Larger spine on the right shoulder of the echidna (1966 only) | Royal Mint, London, United Kingdom |
Comments
Introduced in 1966 at the commencement of decimal currency in Australia, the five-cent coin was struck with copper-nickel. This coin with the portrait of the Queen was replaced in 1985 with Raphael D. Makleouf's 3rd Portrait. There are varieties of the 1966 coins due to being minted at two different Mints.
Canberra: Left Photo
London: Right Photo
5 cents 1966 London Mint (right picture) with a much larger spine there:
The Fine Silver Proof Set of 2006 included a re-issued version of this coin.
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 45,384,000 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 1.01 | 1.91 | 1.91 | 19% | Circulation Canberra Mint | ||||
| 1966 | 30,000,000 | 0.22 | 23.07 | 7% | Circulation London Mint | |||||||
| 1966 | 18,054 | 0.3% | Proof Open Case Year Set | |||||||||
| 1966 | 12 | 0.03% | Proof Sealed Year Set | |||||||||
| 1966 | 77,250 | 0.10% | UNC Carded Year Set | |||||||||
| 1966 | 15,809 | 0.03% | UNC Year Set; Blue wallet | |||||||||
| 1966 | 70 | 0.02% | UNC Year Set; Operation Fastbuck wallet | |||||||||
| 1966 | 12,260 | 0.03% | UNC Year Set; Reserve Bank Coloured Wallets | |||||||||
| 1966 | 520 | 0.02% | UNC Year Set; VIP Presentation Wallet | |||||||||
| 1967 | 62,144,000 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 18% | Circulation | ||||||
| 1968 | 67,336,000 | 0.16 | 0.24 | 0.96 | 3.49 | 18% | Circulation | |||||
| 1969 | 38,170,000 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 12% | Circulation | |||||||
| 1969 | 13,056 | 0.3% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1969 | 14,351 | 0.10% | UNC Year Set; Blue Wallet | |||||||||
| 1969 | 16,825 | 0.02% | UNC Year Set; Red Wallet | |||||||||
| 1970 | 46,058,000 | 0.67 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0.94 | 14% | Circulation | |||||
| 1970 | 15,368 | 0.3% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1970 | 40,230 | 0.17% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1971 | 39,516,000 | 0.29 | 0.56 | 11% | Circulation | |||||||
| 1971 | 10,066 | 0.15% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1971 | 28,572 | 0.10% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1972 | 8,256,000 | 0.33 | 4% | Circulation | ||||||||
| 1972 | 10,272 | 0.10% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1972 | 39,065 | 0.05% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1973 | 48,816,000 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.72 | 0.15 | 12% | Circulation | ||||
| 1973 | 10,090 | 0.99 | 0.14% | Proof Year Set | ||||||||
| 1973 | 30,928 | 0.02% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1974 | 64,248,000 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 14% | Circulation | ||||||
| 1974 | 10,918 | 0.2% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1974 | 25,475 | 0.07% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1975 | 44,256,000 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.47 | 12% | Circulation | ||||||
| 1975 | 23,021 | 0.3% | Proof year Set | |||||||||
| 1975 | 30,121 | 0.08% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1976 | 113,180,000 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.53 | 22% | Circulation | |||||
| 1976 | 21,200 | 13.22 | 0.4% | Proof Year Set | ||||||||
| 1976 | 40,004 | 0.14% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1977 | 108,800,000 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.49 | 2.27 | 19% | Circulation | ||||
| 1977 | 55,006 | 0.5% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1977 | 128,010 | 0.19% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1978 | 25,210,000 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 7% | Circulation | |||||||
| 1978 | 38,519 | 0.3% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1978 | 70,006 | 0.14% | UNC Year Sett | |||||||||
| 1979 | 44,533,000 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.47 | 0.69 | 13% | Circulation | |||||
| 1979 | 36,006 | 0.2% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1979 | 70,006 | 0.14% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1980 | 115,042,000 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.98 | 20% | Circulation | |||||
| 1980 | 68,000 | 0.5% | Proof year Set | |||||||||
| 1980 | 100,000 | 0.19% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1981 | 61,988,000 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.67 | 23% | Circulation Canberra Mint | |||||
| 1981 | 50,000,000 | 0.21 | 3% | Circulation Royal Canadian Mint | ||||||||
| 1981 | 50,276,000 | 1.8% | Circulation Royal Mint Llantrisant | |||||||||
| 1981 | 86,100 | 0.4% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1981 | 120,000 | 0.2% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1982 | 139,468,000 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 1.51 | 23% | Circulation | ||||
| 1982 | 100,000 | 2.45 | 0.6% | Proof Year Set | ||||||||
| 1982 | 195,950 | 0.3% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1983 | 131,568,000 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.79 | 21% | Circulation | |||
| 1983 | 80,000 | 0.6% | Proof Year Set | |||||||||
| 1983 | 155,700 | 0.10% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
| 1984 | 43,436,000 | 0.22 | 0.47 | 1.19 | 10% | Circulation | ||||||
| 1984 | 61,000 | 6.99 | 0.4% | Proof Year Set | ||||||||
| 1984 | 150,014 | 0.5% | UNC Year Set | |||||||||
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