Australian coins / One cent

Australian one cent

The whole series: 24 dated issues, each opening to the document its figure came from, plus 0 branch mint production records.

YearDesignMintageWhat the figure is

1990 Standard design 133,300,000 report-total-below-website

133,300,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 51,993,000, which is 81,307,000 short of the website's 133,300,000. 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
133,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1990 \| 133.3 \| RAM
51,993,000	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1953,958,2146,1001 42.9600

1989 Standard design 168,400,000 report-total-below-website

168,400,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 121,991,500, which is 46,408,500 short of the website's 168,400,000. 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
168,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1989 \| 168.4 \| RAM
121,991,500	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1960,1078,2227,1128 79,031,500

1988 Standard design 108,400,000 report-total-below-website

108,400,000 pieces

report-total-below-website

The annual reports we could extract account for 56,910,409, which is 51,489,591 short of the website's 108,400,000. 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
108,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1988 \| 108.4 \| RAM
56,910,409	not stated	struck-in-report-year	Royal Australian Mint annual reports, circulating coin production appendices 1960,1015,2227,1064 56,910,409

1987 Standard design 127,000,000 single-source

127,000,000 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
127,000,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1987 \| 127.0 \| RAM

1985 Standard design 45,900,000 single-source

45,900,000 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
45,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1985 \| 45.9 \| RAM

1984 Standard design 74,700,000 single-source

74,700,000 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
74,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1984 \| 74.7 \| RAM

1983 Standard design 205,600,000 single-source

205,600,000 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
205,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1983 \| 205.6 \| RAM

1982 Standard design 134,300,000 single-source

134,300,000 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
134,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1982 \| 134.3 \| RAM

1981 Standard design 223,900,000 summed-from-components

223,900,000 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
40,300,000	RMLL	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1981 \| 40.3 \| RMLL
183,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1981 \| 183.6 \| RAM

1980 Standard design 137,900,000 single-source

137,900,000 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
137,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1980 \| 137.9 \| RAM

1979 Standard design 130,300,000 single-source

130,300,000 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
130,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1979 \| 130.3 \| RAM

1978 Standard design 97,300,000 single-source

97,300,000 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
97,300,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1978 \| 97.3 \| RAM

1977 Standard design 153,400,000 single-source

153,400,000 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
153,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1977 \| 153.4 \| RAM

1976 Standard design 172,900,000 single-source

172,900,000 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
172,900,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1976 \| 172.9 \| RAM

1975 Standard design 134,800,000 single-source

134,800,000 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
134,800,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1975 \| 134.8 \| RAM

1974 Standard design 131,700,000 single-source

131,700,000 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
131,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1974 \| 131.7 \| RAM

1973 Standard design 140,700,000 single-source

140,700,000 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
140,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1973 \| 140.7 \| RAM

1972 Standard design 82,400,000 single-source

82,400,000 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
82,400,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1972 \| 82.4 \| RAM

1971 Standard design 102,500,000 single-source

102,500,000 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
102,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1971 \| 102.5 \| RAM

1970 Standard design 72,600,000 single-source

72,600,000 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
72,600,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1970 \| 72.6 \| RAM

1969 Standard design 87,700,000 single-source

87,700,000 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
87,700,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1969 \| 87.7 \| RAM

1968 Standard design 19,900,000 single-source1 variety

19,900,000 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
19,900,000	RMM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1968 \| 19.9 \| RMM

1967 Standard design 110,000,000 single-source

110,000,000 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
110,000,000	RMM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1967 \| 110.0 \| RMM

1966 Standard design 412,100,000 summed-from-components

412,100,000 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
26,600,000	RMP	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1966 \| 26.6 \| RMP
239,000,000	RMM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1966 \| 239.0 \| RMM
146,500,000	RAM	final-mintage-as-published±50,000	Royal Australian Mint, circulating coins: one cent (Mintage Figures) 1966 \| 146.5 \| RAM

Every year above opens to the documents behind its figure. 0 of 24 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	40 grains	Copper, tin and zinc	n/a	0.695 inches	Currency Act 1965 and Currency Regulations (SR 1966 No. 21) Currency Act 1965 Schedule; Currency Regulations rr 3-7 and Schedule
1969–1988	40.0 grains	Copper, tin and zinc	n/a	0.695 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	2.60 grams	copper, tin and zinc	n/a	17.65 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
1968 one cent (low-mintage key date; not a variety)	Date 1968; source table reports 19.9 million	primary a mint, museum or contemporary document	source 1968 19.9 RMM