There are a number of stories behind the 1937
Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
pattern strikes, some say that they depicted King Edward VIII before he eloped with divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson
(The coins of Edward VIII, 2011),
(Museum Victoria, 2011) which was later removed thus producing
Uniface
A coin struck with one face blank
uniface Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
patterns, others say the
Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
patterns were produced as representation pieces in order to gain royal approval for the new designs, similar to the patterns of 1927 (
Learn more about the 1927 Uniface obverse Shilling) (
Learn more about the 1927 Uniface obverse Florin). The latter would seem to be more plausible, given that
Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
patterns exist of only the denominations with new designs, and that 1937 double-sided
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A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
patterns exist in other denominations.
A total of 15 1937
Uniface
A coin struck with one face blank
uniface Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
pattern florins are known but no double sided
Pattern
A coin struck as a representation piece of a coin that never eventuated
pattern florins are known to exist. It is unlikely that more than 4 or 5 examples are available to collectors with most being held in museums or other public collections. No examples were produced for circulation, it wasn't until 1938 when
Business strike
A coin struck for circulation
business strike florins were produced with the new designs (
Learn more about the 1938 Florin).
Image - (Museum Victoria, 2011)
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