? With Australia well into the roaring 20s, the need for circulation currency, in particular the lower denominations was stronger than ever. Just over 5.5 million threepence were needed in 1922 to be struck solely by the Melbourne Mint. This meant that the mint had to start production as early as possible but 1922 dated dies were not ready until the 31st of January forcing the Melbourne Mint to produce threepence with 1921 dated dies . Melbourne Mint records ...
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? The 1935 penny is one of the more common dates in the series in high grades, being one of the last dates of the series, second only to the 1936, many were hoarded for being different after the Kangaroo reverse was introduced into circulation in 1938. This makes the coin relatively common in AU or better. In addition, the coin is generally well struck up and often features a reflective, proof-like finish, not to be confused with the proof strikes which feature an intense ...
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? The Type I one cent was issued from 1966 until the end of the one cent series in 1991. In 2006 an additional silver-proof issue was released as part of the Masterpieces in Silver collection. The series features the Arnold Machin portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with the Stuart Devlin feather-tail glider design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found below the tip of marsupials tail. In 1966 the one cent piece was was minted in Melbourne, Perth and Canberra. To ...