1956 sixpence
au-sixpence-1956
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds 4 of these and photographs each one, which is a documented proof that a coin bearing this date exists. It says nothing about how many were struck, and is not counted as a mintage anywhere here.
What they hold: proof, circulating.
Proof Coin - Sixpence, Australia, 1956 proof
Proof Coin - Sixpence, Australia, 1956 proof
Coin - Sixpence, Australia, 1956 circulating
Proof Coin - Sixpence, Australia, 1956 proof
Mintage
single-source 2,464,000 pieces
One of the few figures the Royal Mint's reports tie to the date borne by the coin rather than to a report year.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,464,000 | Melbourne | struck-dated | Reports of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint, Australian branch sections
coin, sixpences to the value of £61,600 and threepences to the value of £29,400 |
The date these coins bore
Almost every figure in any coin catalogue counts a report year. This one does not: the Mint stated, in prose, which date the coins carried. That is what a collector means by a mintage, and it is recorded almost nowhere.
The report states the date these coins BORE, which is what a collector means by a mintage and what almost no source records. But it is a PART of one report year's delivery, not the whole coinage of 1956: the same report says the remainder carried a different date. Coins of this date struck in other years are not included here.
| Pieces | Mint | What it covers | The report's own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,464,000 | Melbourne | part of a year | the report0f the above coin, sixpences to the value of £61,600 and threepences to the value of £29,400 were dated 1956, the remainder of the coin delivered being dated 1957. £61,600 x 40 coins per pound |
What this page does not tell you
It does not tell you what the coin is worth. A catalogue can honestly report how many were struck, what metal is in one, and what the documents say. It cannot report a market price without either inventing it or copying someone who might have. So this catalogue reports the first three and stays quiet about the fourth.