The Royal Australian Mint Sydney, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1855 and closed in 1926.
The Royal Australian Mint Melbourne, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1872 and closed in 1967.
The Royal Australian Mint Perth, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1899 and is still operating. It is currently owned by the Western Australian Government and is responsible for producing most of Australia's bullion.
The Royal Australian Mint Canberra, was opened in 1965 and is still operating. It produces all of Australia's circulating coins and mints coins for many other countries.
The following information is from the Royal Australian Mint Annual Reports. In the 2007-2008 Financial Year, the Royal Australian Mint produced 196,685,000 Australian general circulation coins. In the 2008-2009 Financial Year, the Royal Australian Mint produced 167,600,000 Australian general circulation coins. The statistics for the 2009-2010 Financial Year are not yet available.
No, not yet. The RAM advises that they are compiling such a website, which will be available later in the year after the necessary photographs have been taken. In the meantime, they recommend "The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes". Keep your eye on the Royal Australian Mint website.
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The Australian War Memorial opened in 1941.
The majority of Australian Pennies with no Mint Mark were minted at the Melbourne Mint. The Sydney Mint was closed in 1926. All other Australian Pennies will have one of a variety of Mint Marks on them indicating that they were either minted at the Perth Mint, or a variety of foreign Mints.
You do not specify a denomination or a year. Australian predecimal coins minted at the Royal Mint London prior to 1950, have no mintmark. Australian Halfpennies and Pennies minted at the Calcutta Mint in India in 1916 to 1918 inclusive, have an "I" mintmark below the bottom scroll on the reverse of the coins. Australian Halfpennies and Pennies minted at the Bombay Mint in India in 1942 and 1943, have an "I" mintmark below the head of George VI on the obverse of the coins.
The Royal Australian Mint mintage figures are released via the Annual Report every year. The Annual Report is usually released sometime in September.
Apart from the United Kingdom, the Royal Mint makes coins under contract for an average of 60 other countries every year.
The Australian Ten Dollar coin is a Non-Circulating Legal Tender coin issued annually by the Royal Australian Mint in a variety of different metals including gold, silver and bi-metal. The value of any coin would be dependant on the year, the metal and the theme of the coin.
In London, the Royal Exchange was founded in the year 1565 by Thomas Gresham. It was opened to act as a center of commerce for the city of London, England.
Apart from the odd exception, Australian general circulation decimal coins are not rare or valuable. It would depend greatly on the condition of the coins and how complete the set is. Some coins of the same denomination have minor differences and/or were minted at different mints. If the coins have been circulated but in good condition, probably not much more than face value since many examples of them will still be in circulation. If the coins are Mint Uncirculated sets produced by the Royal Australian Mint, an average for each year set might work out to about $50 each. If the coins are Proof sets produced by the Royal Australian Mint, an average for each year set might work out to about $60 each. A reputable coin dealer will be able to assess your collection and give a valuation on examination. It should be noted that any Mint Uncirculated or Proof coin set should be in the original packaging and condition.
The Royal Mint advises that they produced over 820 million coins for circulation in Britain in 2009. The totals are not completed yet, the final figure could be higher. That figure does not include coins minted for other countries or any of the other medals, medallions, tokens and collector coins produced by the Royal Mint.