Royal Australian Mint Silver Kangaroo Mintage

The mintage of the Royal Australia Mint (RAM) Silver Kangaroo has always been a mystery as RAM does not release its Declared Mintage like Perth Mint does.

There are numbers put up by numismatics enthusiasts as well as dealers. However it is not known where the numbers came from. The numbers put up here are taken from Annual Reports of RAM starting from year 2001.

Total mintage that includes carded, capsuled and cased coins
2001 - 45,562
2002 - 32,376
2003 - 35,230
2004 - 30,601
2005 - 26,146
2006 - 25,535
2007 - 4,000
2008 - 11,645
2009 - 13,923
2010 - 9,266
2011 - 22,126
2012 - 19,853

Detailed breakdown of each type

Year 2001 Carded: 26,959; Capsuled: 10,850; Cased: 7,753
Remarks: 3,156 Carded were accounted in page 60 of 2001/02 Annual Report

Year 2002 Carded: 32,176; Cased: 200
Remarks: 3,040 Carded and 200 Cased were accounted in page 3 of 2002/03 Annual Report Supplement

Year 2003 Carded: 20,680; Capsuled: 2,550; Cased: 12,000
Remarks: 3,378 Carded, 2,050 Capsuled and 1,200 Cased were accounted in page 5 of 2003/04 Annual Report Supplement

Year 2004 Carded: 19,324; Cased: 11,277
Remarks: 1,863 Carded and 350 Cased were accounted in page 5 of 2004/05 Annual Report Supplement

Year 2005 Carded: 16,446; Cased: 9.700
Remarks: 1,690 Carded were accounted in page 87 of 2005/06 Annual Report

Year 2006 Carded: 17,983; Cased: 7.552
Remarks: 308 Carded were accounted in page 85 of 2006/07 Annual Report

Year 2007 Carded: ? Cased: 4,000

Remarks: This is the most mysterious year as there was no carded coins accounted for Year 2007 but there are actually 2 different versions of 2007 carded coins being sold. Royal Australian Mint (RAM) had not wanted to continue on the kangaroos because of low demand. But dealers approached RAM to produce it. RAM's condition was that each dealer has to make a minimum of 500. Hence 4,000 specimen specimen frosted strike was produced in RAM issued velvet and satin lined case in a capsule without any COA.

Year 2008 Carded: 9,945; Capsuled: 1,700
Remarks: 5,402 Carded were accounted in page 85 of 2006/07 Annual Report, 4,543 Carded and 1,700 Capsuled were accounted in page 109 of 2007/08 Annual Report

Year 2009 Carded: 6,320; Capsuled: 7,603
Remarks: 300 Carded were accounted in page 114 of 2009/10 Annual Report

Year 2010 Carded: 8,050; Capsuled: 1,216

Year 2011 Carded: 10,803; Capsuled: 11,323 were accounted in page 107 of 2010/11 Annual Report

Year 2012 Carded: 8,849 Capsuled: 11,004 were accounted in page 108 of 2011/12 Annual Report