ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT 1985 UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTION - DUAL MINT SETS

A COMPREHENSIVE NUMISMATIC OFFERING COMPRISING TWO COMPLETE 1985 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTION SETS, EACH CONTAINING THE FULL RANGE OF CIRCULATING DENOMINATIONS PRODUCED DURING THAT YEAR.

CONTENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS:
EACH MINT SET CONTAINS SEVEN COINS ACROSS THE FOLLOWING DENOMINATIONS:
- 1 CENT (BRONZE)
- 2 CENT (BRONZE)
- 5 CENT (CUPRO-NICKEL)
- 10 CENT (CUPRO-NICKEL)
- 20 CENT (CUPRO-NICKEL)
- 50 CENT (CUPRO-NICKEL)
- 1 DOLLAR (CUPRO-NICKEL)

THE SETS FEATURE DISTINCTIVE AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE AND HERALDIC DESIGNS ON THE REVERSE OF EACH DENOMINATION, INCLUDING THE ECHIDNA, FRILLED LIZARD OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, AND THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS. THE OBVERSE DISPLAYS THE PROFILE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS REIGNING MONARCH.

PACKAGING AND DOCUMENTATION:
BOTH SETS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT PRESENTATION PACKAGING WITH THE DISTINCTIVE GREEN OUTER SLEEVE AND CREAM INNER FOLDER. EACH SET INCLUDES PRINTED SPECIFICATIONS DETAILING THE NOMINAL MASS, NOMINAL DIAMETER, AND COMPOSITION OF EACH COIN. THE DOCUMENTATION REFERENCES THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT'S ESTABLISHMENT IN CANBERRA IN 1965 AND EXPLAINS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DESIGNS FEATURED ON THE COINS.

CONDITION:
THE COINS REMAIN IN UNCIRCULATED CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL MINT LUSTRE FULLY PRESERVED. NO CIRCULATION WEAR IS EVIDENT. THE PACKAGING SHOWS MINOR AGE-RELATED SURFACE WEAR AND LIGHT CREASING CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL STORAGE OVER FOUR DECADES, BUT REMAINS STRUCTURALLY SOUND. THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC SLEEVES HAVE EFFECTIVELY PRESERVED THE COINS IN PRISTINE NUMISMATIC CONDITION.

PROVENANCE:
THESE SETS ORIGINATE FROM A PRIVATE AUSTRALIAN COLLECTION AND HAVE BEEN STORED IN STABLE CONDITIONS SINCE ACQUISITION. THE DUAL SETS SUGGEST EITHER A COLLECTOR WHO ACQUIRED MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OR SETS RETAINED FROM ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION.

NUMISMATIC SIGNIFICANCE:
1985 REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR IN AUSTRALIAN NUMISMATIC HISTORY, AS THESE COINS WERE PRODUCED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT'S CIRCULATING COINAGE PROGRAMME. THE COMPLETE SETS OFFER AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF LATE-20TH-CENTURY AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING STANDARDS. UNCIRCULATED EXAMPLES OF COMPLETE SETS FROM THIS ERA ARE INCREASINGLY SOUGHT BY COLLECTORS OF AUSTRALIAN NUMISMATICS AND COMMONWEALTH COINAGE.

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