? The Mira Type E/3 Dump is the rarest Dump, probably an early trial, representing about 15 pieces. This type is best identified by an assymetrical Maltese Cross at the tip of the crown pointing between 'T' and 'H' of 'SOUTH' and unevenly spaced pearls in the crown.
? The penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1937, though no business strikes were issued until 1938, and continued with the design until 1952. The design features a Kangaroo jumping to the left with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, PENNY around the bottom, and the year right above that, just behind the Kangaroo's legs. The obverse features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND ...
? Known by just four pairs with only one in private hands and the first coin to bear the name AUSTRALIA, the 1853 pattern Half Sovereign is arguably the most important piece of Australian numismatics. The reverse design features the Sydney mint design with the legend SYDNEY MINT HALF SOVEREIGN surrounding an oak wreath with a crown above AUSTRALIA in the middle and a ribbon below. The obverse features the Leonard Wyon portrait of Queen Victoria which would be used until 1856. ...
? In 1915 the Australian Commonwealth Florin was produced at both the Royal Mint in London and the private mint of Heaton & Sons in Birmingham. It was necessary to employ Heaton & Sons as the Royal Mint had been temporarily refocused to produce military materials for the war effort. The Royal Mint produced only 500,000 Florins with a further 750,000 produced by Heaton & Sons. The Florins produced at the latter were struck with a small 'H' mint-mark which can be found below the date on the ...
? The Royal Australian Mint has produced a silver kangaroo piece every year since 1993. This piece, issued in 1995, was designed by Horst Hahne and features the head of a kangaroo with the legend