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6 Pence - Elizabeth II with 'F:D:'
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1955-1963 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SIXPENCE ADVANCE AUSTRALIA 1956 |
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Australia's sixpence of this period was minted at both London and Melbourne, with output split between the two facilities depending on demand — a legacy of the country's reliance on the Royal Mint's London branch that persisted well into the postwar decades. The 'F:D:' abbreviation for Fidei Defensor was restored to Elizabeth II's Australian coinage only after some deliberation; it had been dropped from George VI's titles following Indian independence in 1947, making its reappearance a considered political choice rather than continuity.
The .500 fine silver content was a wartime-era economy measure introduced in 1946 that simply never got reversed before decimal conversion arrived in 1966.