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? The George V Penny series, lasting throughout George V's reign from 1911 to 1936, features a partitioned, circular reverse design with COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA around the outer ring with the year at the bottom and ONE PENNY within the inner ring. The obverse features the crowned bust of King George V facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT : OMN : REX F. D. IND : IMP . Like most George V series, this a very popular series to collect. In lower grade, all dates can ...
? The Hong Kong Twenty Cent coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Raphael Maklouf on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country interspersed with the legend HONG KONG TWENTY CENTS. There was a proof coin struck in 1988. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty of Nanjing. Prior to the war, China ...
? The 1862 Sydney mint half sovereign is a slightly harder than average year though PCGS has certified one example inmint state at MS62.While mint reports state that no half sovereigns were struck in 1862, it is known for certain that half sovereigns bearing that year were struck. Mint reports state that 558,500 half sovereigns were struck in 1863; It would appear as though this mintage figure included half sovereigns struck bearing the date of 1862. Of the two dates, the 1863 is slightly ...
? The Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney is an iconic bridge. It was first made of wood and included an iron centre swing span. This was dismantled and replaced by the current bridge back in 1902 which took three years to complete . The bridge was the brainchild of Percy Allen and it was one of the widest swing span bridges in the world. Because of its size, the swing had to be powered by electricity and this was a pioneering achievement. So much so that it was recognised as a National Engineering ...