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March 28, 2010
Australian 1966 1c Mint Marks
Top, Canberra - No Blunted Whiskers, Bottom, Melbourne - Blunted Left Whisker
The 1966 1c coin was the second highest mintage 1966 coin and was minted at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint (238,990,00 coins), the Perth branch of the Royal Mint (26,620,000 coins) and the RAM in Canberra (146,140,000 coins) . Distinguishing the mint that manufactured this coin is done by looking at the left-most whiskers of the possum. If the left most whisker is blunted then the coin was minted in Melbourne, if the second from the left most whisker is blunted then the coin was minted in Perth. If neither are blunted then the coin was minted in Canberra. The image above shows the Canberra minted coin at the top with an indicator of which whisker is blunted for the Perth minted coin. The bottom image is of a Melbourne minted 1c.
You can find out about the other 1966 decimal coin mint marks by looking at our 1966 Australian decimal coin mint mark article.
Thanks to Stuart Andersen Coins for the supply of some of the coins used in this article.
Posted by mnemtsas at March 28, 2010 6:14 PM
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