Features in the Pirate Guide:

The Pirate Guide to Collecting Australian Coins is a 148-page full colour paperback book.

There are large, high quality images of the actual coins, so you can see exactly what to look for, plus mintages so you know which coins are rarest.

This edition includes the uncirculated mintages for the coins (ie the mintages from Royal Australian Mint sets, rolls, PNCs and coin swaps), so you can see the COMPLETE mintage information for each circulated coin.

This book covers every Australian coin released into circulation by the Royal Australian Mint in the following denominations from 1966 to the end of 2025, with a chapter for each denomination: $2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c, 5c, 2c and 1c.

Each chapter has:

• High quality photos of every coin design in circulation since 1966
• Latest mintage/rarity for each coin (where it has been revealed)
  
• Obverse designs for all coins, including important information on the various designs to look for
• Mintage tables and Scoreboards showing which coins are the rarest
• Valuable Errors, Varieties and Mintmarks unique to specific coins, including how to spot them!

The Two Dollar chapter also includes details of the following special releases from Woolworths, Anaconda, newsXpress and Rebel Sport (with photos and mintage details):

• 2016, 2020/21 and 2024 Olympics sets
• 2017 Possum Magic set
• 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games sets
• 2019 Mr Squiggle set
• 2019 Wallabies coin
• 2020 Women’s Cricket coin
• 2021 Wiggles set
  
• 2022 Socceroos coin
• 2023 Vegemite set
• 2023 Matildas set
• 2024 NRL set
• 2025 The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book coin
• 2025 Australian Open coins
• 2025 Wallabies and Wallaroos coins

The Two Dollar chapter also includes photos of coins that were released with a C-Mintmark and how to spot them.

The One Dollar chapter includes details of the following special releases from Australia Post:

• Alphabet series from 2019, 2021 and 2022
• 2022 Dinosaur set
  
• 2023 and 2025 Aussie Big Things sets
• 2023 and 2024 AFL sets
• 2024 Bluey Dollarbuck set

Updates and new content in the 2025-2026 edition:

• All of the new coins put into circulation in 2025
• Expanded information on how to safely store your coins
• A new chapter about the Heads/Obverse Side of the coins
• Information about coin creation, to understand how errors occur (and determine which errors are real)
• Expanded errors section with more errors plus information about what causes the errors and how to spot them
• Uncirculated mintages for coins in circulation (so that you can see the complete mintages for coins)
• Updates to alternate coin designs (privy marks and mintmarks to check for)
• Plus a few extra surprises