Australian coins / Five cents

Australian five cents

The whole series: 56 dated issues, each opening to the document its figure came from, plus 0 branch mint production records.

YearDesignMintageWhat the figure is

2024 An impression of an echidna designed and sculpted by Stuart Devlin New King's Ef 10,000,000 single-source

10,000,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
10,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2024 \| 10.0 \| RAM

2022 Standard design 49,000,000 single-source

49,000,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
49,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2022 \| 49.0 \| RAM

2021 Standard design 36,700,000 single-source

36,700,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
36,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2021 \| 36.7 \| RAM

2020 Standard design 49,900,000 single-source

49,900,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
49,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2020 \| 49.9 \| RAM

2018 Standard design 25,100,000 single-source

25,100,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
25,100,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2018 \| 25.1 \| RAM

2017 Standard design 18,600,000 single-source

18,600,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
18,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2017 \| 18.6 \| RAM

2016 Standard design 34,400,000 single-source

34,400,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
34,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2016 \| 34.4 \| RAM

2016 2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency 4,800,000 single-source

4,800,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
4,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2016 \| 4.8 \| RAM

2015 Standard design 21,200,000 single-source

21,200,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
21,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2015 \| 21.2 \| RAM

2014 Standard design 76,000,000 single-source

76,000,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
76,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2014 \| 76.0 \| RAM

2013 Standard design 78,700,000 single-source

78,700,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
78,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2013 \| 78.7 \| RAM

2012 Standard design 68,900,000 report-total-below-website

68,900,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 18,864,000, which is 50,036,000 short of the website's 68,900,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
68,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2012 \| 68.9 \| RAM
18,864,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c Standard 2012 Cupro Nickel 18.864

2011 Standard design 44,800,000 different-basis

44,800,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
44,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2011 \| 44.8 \| RAM
44,836,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c Standard 2011 Cupro Nickel 44.836

2010 Standard design not recorded disputed

This coin has a page of its own, because its sources contradict each other.

2010 five cents: the full record →

2009 Standard design not recorded disputed

This coin has a page of its own, because its sources contradict each other.

2009 five cents: the full record →

2008 Standard design 200,200,000 different-basis

200,200,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
200,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2008 \| 200.2 \| RAM
200,162,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c Standard 2008 Cupro-Nickel 80.140

2007 Standard design 59,000,000 different-basis1 variety

59,000,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
59,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2007 \| 59.0 \| RAM
59,036,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c standard 2007 cupro-nickel 33.016

2006 Standard design 306,500,000 report-total-below-website

306,500,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 306,424,000, which is 76,000 short of the website's 306,500,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
306,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2006 \| 306.5 \| RAM
306,424,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c Standard 2006 Cupro-Nickel 131

2005 Standard design 194,300,000 report-total-below-website

194,300,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 166,042,000, which is 28,258,000 short of the website's 194,300,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
194,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2005 \| 194.3 \| RAM
166,042,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 5c Standard 2005 Cupro-Nickel 50.042

2004 Standard design not recorded disputed

This coin has a page of its own, because its sources contradict each other.

2004 five cents: the full record →

2003 Standard design 115,100,000 single-source

115,100,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
115,100,000	RCM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2003 \| 115.1 \| RCM

2002 Standard design 148,800,000 single-source

148,800,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
148,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2002 \| 148.8 \| RAM

2001 Standard design 174,600,000 different-basis

174,600,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
174,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2001 \| 174.6 \| RAM
174,579,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2016,904,2141,937 32.889

2000 Standard design 97,400,000 different-basis

97,400,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
97,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 2000 \| 97.4 \| RAM
97,422,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2016,821,2142,855 97.422

1999 Standard design 179,500,000 report-total-below-website

179,500,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 179,016,000, which is 484,000 short of the website's 179,500,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
179,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1999 \| 179.5 \| RAM
179,016,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2093,2089,2234,2126 36.072

1998 Standard design 88,500,000 different-basis

88,500,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
88,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1998 \| 88.5 \| RAM
88,532,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2094,2308,2220,2341 2.0500

1997 Standard design 100,700,000 report-total-below-website

100,700,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 99,786,000, which is 914,000 short of the website's 100,700,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
100,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1997 \| 100.7 \| RAM
99,786,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2072,2209,2221,2242 99.7860

1996 Standard design 79,200,000 different-basis

79,200,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
79,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1996 \| 79.2 \| RAM
79,212,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2059,834,2205,872 0.0040

1995 Standard design 85,000,000 different-basis

85,000,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
85,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1995 \| 85.0 \| RAM
84,991,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2009,867,2166,903 15.7000

1994 Standard design 146,700,000 different-basis

146,700,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
146,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1994 \| 146.7 \| RAM
146,668,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2007,779,2165,815 31.9400

1993 Standard design 93,800,000 different-basis

93,800,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
93,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1993 \| 93.8 \| RAM
93,838,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1936,641,2069,681 27.8460

1992 Standard design 52,600,000 report-total-below-website

52,600,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 51,558,500, which is 1,041,500 short of the website's 52,600,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
52,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1992 \| 52.6 \| RAM
51,558,500	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2113,2272,2210,2308 3.000

1991 Standard design 29,900,000 different-basis

29,900,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
29,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1991 \| 29.9 \| RAM
29,889,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2091,2207,2209,2243 29.889

1990 Standard design 33,300,000 different-basis

33,300,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
33,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1990 \| 33.3 \| RAM
33,252,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 2360,1300,2479,1333 31.8060

1989 Standard design 95,800,000 different-basis1 variety

95,800,000 pieces

different-basis

The website's rounded figure and the annual report total agree within the website's printed precision. They still answer different questions: a final mintage against production during a fiscal year.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
95,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1989 \| 95.8 \| RAM
95,753,300	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1959,1268,2227,1318 35,037,300

1988 Standard design 103,400,000 report-total-below-website

103,400,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 65,423,515, which is 37,976,485 short of the website's 103,400,000. This is NOT presented as a disagreement: an incomplete extraction on our side would look exactly like this, so the shortfall is evidence about our coverage rather than about the Mint. The website figure stands.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
103,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1988 \| 103.4 \| RAM
65,423,515	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1959,1205,2227,1254 65,423,515

1987 Standard design 73,500,000 single-source

73,500,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
73,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1987 \| 73.5 \| RAM

1984 Standard design 43,500,000 single-source

43,500,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
43,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1984 \| 43.5 \| RAM

1983 Standard design 131,600,000 single-source

131,600,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
131,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1983 \| 131.6 \| RAM

1982 Standard design 139,500,000 single-source

139,500,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
139,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1982 \| 139.5 \| RAM

1981 Standard design 162,300,000 summed-from-components

162,300,000 pieces

summed-from-components

Published as 3 separate mint figures for this year; the total is their sum. Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
50,300,000	RMLL	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1981 \| 50.3 \| RMLL
50,000,000	RCM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1981 \| 50.0 \| RCM
62,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1981 \| 62.0 \| RAM

1980 Standard design 115,000,000 single-source

115,000,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
115,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1980 \| 115.0 \| RAM

1979 Standard design 44,500,000 single-source

44,500,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
44,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1979 \| 44.5 \| RAM

1978 Standard design 25,200,000 single-source

25,200,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
25,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1978 \| 25.2 \| RAM

1977 Standard design 108,800,000 single-source

108,800,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
108,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1977 \| 108.8 \| RAM

1976 Standard design 113,200,000 single-source

113,200,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
113,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1976 \| 113.2 \| RAM

1975 Standard design 44,300,000 single-source

44,300,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
44,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1975 \| 44.3 \| RAM

1974 Standard design 64,200,000 single-source

64,200,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
64,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1974 \| 64.2 \| RAM

1973 Standard design 48,800,000 single-source

48,800,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
48,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1973 \| 48.8 \| RAM

1972 Standard design 8,300,000 single-source1 variety

8,300,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
8,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1972 \| 8.3 \| RAM

1971 Standard design 39,500,000 single-source

39,500,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
39,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1971 \| 39.5 \| RAM

1970 Standard design 46,100,000 single-source

46,100,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
46,100,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1970 \| 46.1 \| RAM

1969 Standard design 38,200,000 single-source

38,200,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
38,200,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1969 \| 38.2 \| RAM

1968 Standard design 67,300,000 single-source

67,300,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
67,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1968 \| 67.3 \| RAM

1967 Standard design 62,100,000 single-source

62,100,000 pieces

single-source

Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
62,100,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1967 \| 62.1 \| RAM

1966 Standard design 75,400,000 summed-from-components

75,400,000 pieces

summed-from-components

Published as 2 separate mint figures for this year; the total is their sum. Published in millions, so the figure is precise to +/- 50000 pieces, not to the unit.

Figure	Mint	What was counted	Source, and its own words
45,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1966 \| 45.4 \| RAM
30,000,000	RML	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: five cents (Mintage Figures) 1966 \| 30.0 \| RML

Every year above opens to the documents behind its figure. 3 of 56 also have a page of their own, where there was more to say than a row can hold.

What it is made of

Not copied from a table. Each row is the standard the instrument named beside it actually prescribed, and the fine metal weight is derived from that standard rather than looked up. Where a column says "not stated", the instrument does not state it and we will not supply a number it does not carry.

In force	Standard weight	Composition	Fine metal	Diameter	The instrument
1966–1969	43.6 grains	Copper and nickel	n/a	0.769 inches	Currency Act 1965 and Currency Regulations (SR 1966 No. 21) Currency Act 1965 Schedule; Currency Regulations rr 3-7 and Schedule
1969–1988	43.6 grains	Copper and nickel	n/a	0.769 inches	Currency Act 1969 and Currency Regulations (Amendment) SR 1969 No. 137 Currency Act 1965 Schedule as amended by s 4; Currency Regulations rr 4-6 and substituted Schedule
1988	2.83 grams	copper and nickel	n/a	19.53 millimetres	Currency Regulations (SR 1966 No. 21), as amended by SR 1988 No. 137 r 3 and substituted Schedule; r 4 for additional standard compositions

Varieties and errors

A variety is a claim about a coin, and claims differ in how well they are evidenced. The grade beside each says what kind of source stands behind it. This catalogue prints no valuations, so nothing here tells you what a variety is worth.

Variety	How you tell it apart	Evidence	Source
1972 five cents (low-mintage key date; not a variety)	Date 1972; source table reports 8.3 million	primary a mint, museum or contemporary document	source 1972 8.3 RAM
2007 double-obverse / double-headed 5c	Queen obverse on both sides; genuine circulated example has 180-degree upset	scholarly a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study	source A genuine 2007 ‘double header’ 5 cent will have the two sides upset at 180 degrees
1989 5c on 1c planchet	5c design on smaller 1c blank	scholarly a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study	source Figure 11: 1989 5 Cent struck on 1 Cent planchet