Ten Cents 2016 Changeover, Coin from Australia

Coin	Ten Cents 2016 Changeover

On the 50th anniversary of Australian decimal currency, the Royal Australian Mint released a special series of coins commemorating the earlier, pre-decimal currency of the country. The modern circulating designs were joined by depictions of Australia's pre decimal coins on the obverse.

The story of Australian currency runs parallel with the nation's history of progression. As early European settlers improvised a monetary system, international coins, promissory notes and the infamous rum trade were all visible in the early 1800s. The first coins "minted" in Australia were created by removing a piece from the centre of a Spanish dollar, forming two separate coins known as the Holey Dollar and Dump.

The gold rush of the mid-19th Century resulted in many unofficial tokens and ingots until the Sydney Mint opened in 1855, producing sovereigns which were largely identical to their British counterparts. This English influence remained strong and the new national currency of 1910 inevitably emulated English pounds, shillings and pence.

On 14 February 1966, the changeover to decimal currency transformed the nation, as Australia joined a worldwide currency trend. The uniquely Australian images of the decimal coins are still cherished on their 50th anniversary.

As a tribute to Australia's coin history, each coin of the Changeover series features depictions of coin designs from years past. The ten cent coin shows a Threepence (Stalks of Grain) design.

Mint	Royal Australian Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	6,290,661 (6.3 million)

Obverse

Crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In tiny letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley). The effigy is much smaller than on regular coins.

Below the effigy, a stylised depiction of a threepence coin of the "stalks of grain" type: three ears of wheat held by a curved ribbon; Around above, AUSTRALIA. Denomination and date not depicted, nor are designer's initials shown.

Around above, the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016. Around below, FIFTY YEARS.

Obverse Inscription	ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016 FIFTY YEARS

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

Notes

Total mintage is comprised of:

3,800,000 circulation coins minted during the 2015/2016 financial year.
2,400,000 circulation coins minted during the 2016/2017 financial year.
61,468 + 1,250 brilliant uncirculated coins minted during the 2015/2016 financial year (in two different sets).
2,103 brilliant uncirculated coins minted during the 2016/2017 financial year.
20,852 proof coins minted during the 2015/2016 financial year.
4,988 proof coins minted during the 2016/2017 financial year.

Source of original information

Coins struck during 2015/2016 financial year (RAM Item Codes (none), 210414, 310668, 510901):
Royal Australian Mint (2016). 2015-2016 Annual Report, p96, p99, p107. Retrieved from https://www.ramint.gov.au/annual-reports ( PDF)

Coins struck during 2016/2017 financial year (RAM Item Codes (none), 210414, 310668):
Royal Australian Mint (2017). 2016-2017 Annual Report, p98, p101. Retrieved from https://www.ramint.gov.au/annual-reports ( PDF)

Ten Cents 2016 Changeover: Known varieties

Variety	In mint sets
Mintage	Issued: 64,821
In Set	2016 Six Coin Uncirculated Set - The Changeover, mintage 63,571 6 coins: $2 Aboriginal Elder, $1 Mob of Roos, 50 Cents, 20 Cents, 10 Cents, 5 Cents - variety: 2016 Six Coin Uncirculated Set - The Changeover (WMF Edition), mintage 1,250 (not included in the above set)
Variety	Proof FDC
Mintage	Issued: 25,840
In Set	2016 Six Coin Proof Set - The Changeover, mintage 25,840 6 coins: $2 Aboriginal Elder, $1 Mob of Roos, 50 Cents, 20 Cents, 10 Cents, 5 Cents

Ten Cents 2016 Changeover: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link
Royal Australian Mint	2016	Coin description	link
Royal Australian Mint	2016	Mint	link
Royal Australian Mint	2017	Mintage	link

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 · AUSTRALIA 2019
Ten Cents 2020	17,250,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2020
Ten Cents 2021	1,250,000	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2021
Ten Cents 2022	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2022
Ten Cents 2023	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA 2023
Ten Cents 2023 Memorial Obverse	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - Uncouped Portrait by Jody Clark	ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022 · AUSTRALIA 2023
Ten Cents 2024	unknown	King Charles III - Portrait by Dan Thorne	CHARLES III · AUSTRALIA 2024

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Ten Cents 2016 Changeover: Details

Country	Australia
Currency	Australian Dollar
Coin Type	Ten Cents
Issued	2016
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Effigy	Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value	10 (x Cent)
Circulation Mintage	6,200,000 (6.2 million)
Total Mintage	6,290,661 (6.3 million)
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	YMXK-DEKQ-CGXY-EWQJ

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	2016 10c Circulating Coin - 50th anniversary of decimal currency - Obverse Copyright: Royal Australian Mint Source

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