Australian one-cent coin

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Production

The initial 1966 issue was produced by three mints: 146.5 million coins at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra, 239 million at the Melbourne Mint, and 26.6 million at the Perth Mint. Except for the years 1966 and 1981, all other one-cent coins were produced at the Canberra mint. In 1981, 40.3 million coins were minted at the British Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, and 183.6 million in Canberra. The coin was not minted in 1986 and was last produced in 1990.

The decision to withdraw the one-cent and two-cent coins was announced by the Treasurer in a Budget Speech on 21 August 1990. The coins were removed due to inflation reducing their value and the high cost of bronze. Around the same time, other countries also eliminated their bronze coins—New Zealand removed its one and two-cent coins in 1990, while the United Kingdom and Ireland transitioned their bronze one and two pence coins to copper-plated steel.

Mintage year	1966	1966	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Mintage (Mil)	146.5	239	26.6	110	19.9	87.7	72.6	102.5	82.4	140.7	131.7
Mint	RAM	RMM	RMP	RMM	RMM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM

Mintage year	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1981	1982	1983	1984
Mintage (Mil)	134.8	172.9	153.4	97.3	130.3	137.9	183.6	40.3	134.3	205.6	74.7
Mint	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RMLL	RAM	RAM	RAM

Mintage year	1985	1987	1988	1989	1990
Mintage (Mil)	45.9	127	108.4	168.4	133.3
Mint	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM	RAM