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6 Pence - Elizabeth II without 'F:D:'
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1953-1954 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1953 - Circulation - 1,152,000 1953 - Proof - 1954 - Circulation - 7,672,000 1954 - Proof - |
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The omission of "F:D:" — Fidei Defensor, Defender of the Faith — from Australia's first Elizabeth II coinage was deliberate, reflecting sustained political pressure from Irish-Australian Catholic groups who objected to the title appearing on currency circulating in a secular, multi-faith nation. The titles were reinstated from 1955 onward after the controversy subsided, making the 1953–54 issues a two-year anomaly in an otherwise unbroken tradition stretching back through the entire Commonwealth series.