? The Sydney mint reverted to the Imperial St George and Shield designs in 1871 with the Shield design intended for export to other colonies. The fourth reverse design features a short length tail as opposed to the long tail used since 1871 and the medium tail used since 1874 as in the illustration below: This type differs from the other St George reverse designs by having a wider truncation at the base of the bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The origin mint of this issue can be determined ...
? The Kangaroo design continued into this type but after the independence of India in late 1947, IND IMP needed to be omitted from the obverse legend, however, it was not until 1949 that this was done. The obverse still features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left but the legend changed to GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX FIDEI DEF. and was used up until the end of George VI's reign in 1952. The series is relatively easy to complete but the 1951 plain and 1952-A are ...
? The 1911 penny marks the first copper coin struck for the Commonwealth of Australia, 10 years after Federation. It was produced at the Royal mint, London as the Australian mints were not yet ready to produce copper coins. Being the first year of Australian coinage, the mintage had to be high at 3.7 million to ensure that demand for circulating coinage would be met with sufficient supply. Consequently the 1911 is one of the more common dates of the series despite being the earliest. ...
? This twenty cent coin, featuring a design by an Australian student, was released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2001 as part of their extensive program celebrating the Centenary of Federation. The reverse was design by student Megan Cummings from Norfolk Island Central School. It features various images that are iconic or representative of the island; the sun, a fish, HMS Sirus, and a boat. The largest image is of the Norfolk Pine tree, which is overlaying an outline of the island. The ...
? The 1962 florin, along with the 1960 florin are the two easiest Elizabeth II florins in the series to acquire in mint state. The particularly bold strikes that year ensured the availability of superior examples, with the 1960 being available right up to MS67. Despite this, being such a large coin, they are often found with numerous bagmarks which usually preclude gradings beyond MS64 which leaves the average mint state grading of MS63 to MS64. Usually 2 or 3 coins per mint roll of 20 ...