1962 sixpence
au-sixpence-1962
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds one 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: circulating.
Coin - Sixpence, Australia, 1962 circulating
Mintage
No mintage figure is recorded for this issue yet.
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 that the whole of this delivery bore the date 1962, and the rows sum to a printed total. It remains one report year's delivery; coin of this date struck in another year would be additional.
| Pieces | Mint | What it covers | The report's own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44,816,000 | Melbourne | the whole deliverychecksum confirmed | the reportDenomination Vilue Florins 1,374,800 Shillings 329,600 Sixpences . . . . 1,120,400 Threepences 199,600 _____..,. £3,024,400 ff... All these coins were dated 1962. £1,120,400 x 40 coins per pound; the rows sum to a printed total |
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.