Ten Cents 1993, Coin from Australia

Coin	Ten Cents 1993

The Australian 10 cent coin was first introduced with decimalisation on 14 February 1966 when it replaced the pre-decimal Australian shilling. The original reverse design by Stuart Devlin has not been changed since its introduction.

After the withdrawal of the one cent and two cents denominations from circulation in February 1992, the ten cent coin is now the second smallest circulating coin of the Australian dollar, after the five cents piece.

Coins issued in 1993 have now been in circulation for 31 years.

Mint	Royal Australian Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	23,146,000 (23.1 million), Rarity: C (Common)

Obverse

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right (her effigy known as the "Third Portrait"). The Queen is wearing the royal diadem which she wears on her way to and from the State Opening of Parliament, a pearl necklace and earrings.

Incuse in tiny letters on the neck truncation, the designer's initials RDM (for Raphael David Maklouf).

Around, the monarch's legend and the date of issue: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1993.

Obverse Inscription	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1993

Reverse

The reverse of the coin depicts a lyrebird seen facing left, with its tail plumes expanded forward over its head.

The denomination numeral 10 [cents] is above the head of the bird; the artist's initials SD (for Stuart Devlin) are in (very) tiny letters below, in the right field beside its foot.

Reverse Inscription	10

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Ten Cents 1993: Known varieties

Variety	Proof FDC
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Mintage	Issued: 46,000 (included in total)

Ten Cents 1993: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Royal Australian Mint	2016	Mint	link
Royal Australian Mint	2016	Mintage	link
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins		Mintage		Circulation and proof mintage
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins		Varieties		Proof

All (62) coins of type: Ten Cents

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Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Ten Cents 1966	41,069,314	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1966
Ten Cents 1967	51,032,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1967
Ten Cents 1968	57,200,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1968
Ten Cents 1969	22,100,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1969
Ten Cents 1970	22,321,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1970
Ten Cents 1971	20,736,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1971
Ten Cents 1972	12,512,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1972
Ten Cents 1973	27,330,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1973
Ten Cents 1974	46,561,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1974
Ten Cents 1975	50,923,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1975
Ten Cents 1976	57,081,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1976
Ten Cents 1977	10,995,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1977
Ten Cents 1978	48,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1978
Ten Cents 1979	36,986,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1979
Ten Cents 1980	55,600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1980
Ten Cents 1981	116,146,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1981
Ten Cents 1982	61,592,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1982
Ten Cents 1983	82,398,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1983
Ten Cents 1984	25,789,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Second Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1984
Ten Cents 1985	2,175,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1985
Ten Cents 1986 (mint sets only)	247,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1986
Ten Cents 1987 (mint sets only)	270,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1987
Ten Cents 1988	49,006,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1988
Ten Cents 1989	43,067,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1989
Ten Cents 1990	23,091,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1990
Ten Cents 1991	3,215,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1991
Ten Cents 1992	43,795,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1992
Ten Cents 1993	23,146,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1993
Ten Cents 1994	43,765,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1994
Ten Cents 1995 (mint sets only)	137,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1995
Ten Cents 1996 (mint sets only)	149,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996
Ten Cents 1997	5,732,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1997
Ten Cents 1998	48,021,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1998
Ten Cents 1999	97,100,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1999
Ten Cents 2000	51,152,153	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000
Ten Cents 2001	109,416,569	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001
Ten Cents 2002	70,487,062	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2002
Ten Cents 2003	53,674,090	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2003
Ten Cents 2004	89,050,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2004
Ten Cents 2005	116,733,520	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2005
Ten Cents 2006	157,087,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2006
Ten Cents 2007	61,096,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2007
Ten Cents 2008	136,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008
Ten Cents 2009	25,300,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2009
Ten Cents 2010	84,900,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2010
Ten Cents 2011	1,700,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2011
Ten Cents 2012	54,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2012
Ten Cents 2013	49,200,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013
Ten Cents 2014	60,700,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2014
Ten Cents 2015	14,300,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2015
Ten Cents 2016	42,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016
Ten Cents 2016 Changeover	6,290,661	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016 FIFTY YEARS
Ten Cents 2017	21,600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2017
Ten Cents 2018	3,100,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018
Ten Cents 2019 (Fourth Portrait)	14,750,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019
Ten Cents 2019 (Fifth Portrait)	3,900,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 路 AUSTRALIA 2019
Ten Cents 2020	17,250,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 路 AUSTRALIA 2020
Ten Cents 2021	1,250,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 路 AUSTRALIA 2021
Ten Cents 2022	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 路 AUSTRALIA 2022
Ten Cents 2023	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 路 AUSTRALIA 2023
Ten Cents 2023 Memorial Obverse	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022 路 AUSTRALIA 2023
Ten Cents 2024	unknown	King Charles III - Portrait by Dan Thorne	CHARLES III 路 AUSTRALIA 2024

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Ten Cents 1993: Details

Country	Australia
Currency	Australian Dollar
Coin Type	Ten Cents
Issued	1993
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Effigy	Queen Elizabeth II - Third Portrait, by Raphael Maklouf
Face Value	10 (x Cent)
Total Mintage	23,146,000 (23.1 million), Rarity: C (Common)
Current	Yes
Material	CuproNickel
Designer	Stuart Devlin
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size	5.6600 mm
Thickness	1.7600 mm
Mass	23.6000 g
OCC ID	WLGV-BELD-CNBE-MPXD

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Ten Cents 1993: Photos

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	1993 10c CuNi Proof for the Proof Year Set Copyright: Downies Notes: Proof. Source
	1993 10c CuNi Proof for the Proof Year Set Copyright: Downies Notes: Proof. Source
	Australia, Elizabeth II, 10 Cents, 1993 Copyright: NumisCorner.com Source
	Australia, Elizabeth II, 10 Cents, 1993 Copyright: NumisCorner.com Source

Ten Cents 1993: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Australia KM# 81

Ten Cents 1993, Coin from Australia - detailed information