? The Gallipoli Campaign and the ANZAC tradition that emerged has development into a major component of the Australian national identity. As part of the larger commemoration of a hundred years of ANZAC the Royal Australian Mint has issued this one dollar piece. The obverse features the logo of the commemoration with the caption
? Following the return of Hong Kong to China, the one dollar obverse features the Bauhinia Flower which was supplied by Joseph Yam as well as the country of origin in both English and Chinese. The reverse shows the denomination in Chinese and English along with the date and numerical value. The first Hong Kong currency was established in 1864 by the fifth Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Hercules Robinson and the Hong Kong Mint was established on 7th May, 1866 in order to provide a steady supply ...
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? The 1931 half penny has the lowest official mintage of the half penny series with a mere 369,600 pieces being produced. This low demand for circulating currency was due to reduced need brought about by the Great Depression. While this low mintage has resulted in the date being scarce in lower grades, in lower mint state grades the date is relatively easy to acquire, not much scarcer than later years. In MS64 and above however, the date becomes very scarce with just three coins ...
? The scarcest date in the Elizabeth II series, the 1954 threepence was the last threepence to bear the legend omitting FIDEI DEF . Coming from a relatively small mintage of just over 2 and a half million coins, the 1954 is very difficult to acquire in mint state despite its apparent abundance in the market place. In reality, very few commercial uncirculated examples of the date are genuinely mint state as no rolls or hoards have surfaced. Thankfully the date is almost always well struck ...
