2016 Australian Proof Set - 50th Anniversary of Australian Decimal Currency

On the 14th February 1966 the changeover to decimal currency transformed the nation.

As a tribute to Australia's coinage history each coin features designs from today and from the Australian pre-decimal era.

The annual tradition of Australian Proof & Uncirculated years coin set continued in 2016 commemorating the Golden Anniversary of decimal currency.

The following obverse designs depict a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and various pre-decimal designs.

• 5¢ = Penny (1937-1964)
• 10¢ = Threepence (1937-1964)
• 20¢ = Sixpence (1910 -1963)
• 50¢ = Shilling (1937-1963)
• $1 = Florin (1937-1963)
• $2 = Crown (1937-1938)