PIRATE GUIDE TO COLLECTING AUSTRALIAN COINS

Do you need a comprehensive list of all Australian circulated coins currently available? The Pirate Guide will take you through all coins released into circulation in Australia with high quality photos, along with valuable errors to look for.

There is a chapter for each denomination in circulation in Australia - $2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c & 5c (plus a chapter for 2c and 1c, which were in circulation from 1966-1991).

It’s a guide to help you figure out:

• Which coins have been released into circulation over the years
• The rarity of each coin
• What the coins are designed to look like, so you know what you’re looking for (and can easily spot errors and varieties that might be valuable)
• Which mini-sets you can complete
• Information on best practice for storing your coins

Each chapter has:

• High quality photos of every coin design in circulation since 1966 by the Royal Australian Mint
• Mintage (rarity) for each coin
• Photos of all coins released into circulation through retail stores (Woolworths, Australia Post & Anaconda)
• Errors, varieties and mintmarks, with details on how to spot them!

This 2024/2025 edition includes more details on all of the various effigies of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III over the years, variations in the designs and Heads side-related errors to watch out for. It also contains new errors, new mintmarks/privy marks to look for, all coins released into circulation in 2024 (including Olympics coins, AFL coins, NRL coins, Bluey coins, NAIDOC coin, and the Purple Poppy), updated mintages and some surprises.

Whether you're a new or experienced collector, this book will help you discover which coins to look for and what's left to collect.