? 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 Royal Australian Mint has issued this one dollar piece to celebrate Ethel Pedley and her iconic children's book 'Dot and the Kangaroo'. The reverse was designed by A. Baggio and features a portrait of Pedley along and her characters Dot and the Kangaroo. The legend states
? The 1990 five dollar Australian Kookaburra coin was the first pure silver bullion coin series released in Australia , with a maximum mintage of 300,000 . Minted at the Perth mint in.999 silver, the coin reflects the mint's popular theme of native Australian fauna . The reverse, designed by Dr Stuart Devlin, depicts a kookaburra sitting atop a tree stump, surrounded by native flora. It also bears the legend 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER ...
? This commemorative gold coin is one piece from a set of eight, which were issued to celebrate Australia staging the Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000. The series is called Olympic Gold and was released in celebration of the Olympic games. The eight coins were released in the year 2000 following a successful completion of the games. The coins were struck into gold with a weight of 10 grams. This was the first set of gold coins issued by the Royal Australian Mint and the series is a popular one. ...
? The 2014 Bright Bugs Series is the Royal Australian Mint's fifth animal series, following the popular Ocean, Land, Sea, and Polar series. The Bright Bugs series encompasses six, uncirculated coins, each depicting some of Australia's most interesting insects; the Blowfly, Ulysses Butterfly, Cuckoo Wasp, Stag Beetle, Grasshopper, and Red Bull Ant. The series was periodically released in pairs throughout the year in specially designed cards. Leichhardt's grasshopper was discovered by German ...