2016 Australia’s First Mints Growth from Gold $1 coin on card Sydney Counterstamp Coin Decimal Coins

Decimal Coins

To celebrate this historic event the Royal Australian Mint has struck a cupro-nickel 50 cent coin featuring the 3801 at full steam embellished with a coloured print of the engine’s distinctive green and yellow colour

Please note: Item condition is as photographed

This striking and evocative design is inspired by the Eternal Flame at the Australian War Memorial

Mintage 60

2016 Australia’s First Mints Growth from Gold $1 coin on card Sydney Counterstamp Coin Decimal CoinsThe Royal Australian Mints 2016 gallery press coin pays tribute to the sovereigns that were minted as a result of Australias gold rush. As the Royal Australian Mints mobile press travels to Sydney, this coin has a special significance for the city, adorned with an S Counterstamp, and replicates the sovereigns that were struck at the Sydney Mint in those days long ago. Throughout the 19th Century, Australian currency was an assortment of foreign coins,