The wheat stalks design continued into this type right until the conclusion of the threepence series in 1964. This type
features a slightly reworded obverselegend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D
(Elizabeth II, by the grace of god, queen, defender of the faith), after public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI
DEF ( defender of the faith ). All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state, though
the 1956 is quite scarce and underrated. Most dates other than the 1956 are relatively easy to acquire up to MS66 due to
nice surfaces owing to the small size of the coin. All dates in the series were struck at the Melbourne
mint
and do not display any
mintmarks.
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