? In 1937 the shilling series was met with Kruger Gray's design which features a ram at the centre of the reverse, AUSTRALIA up the top, and SHILLING followed by the year of issue at the bottom. After the coronation of King George VI in 1937, the obverse featured the uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP , which was used up until 1948 then changed because of the independence of India.Date set collectors will ...
? The Type II two cent was issued from 1985 up until the end of the two cent series in 1991. It featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's iconic frilled neck lizard design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found underneath the body of the lizard . The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian mint in a bronze alloy except in 1991 where an additional silver proof was issued as part of the ...
? The Type II twenty cent was issued from 1985 up until 1998 and featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's platypus design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found within a swirl near the platypus' foot. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian Mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with an additional silver proof produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set. ...
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? The 1855 proof half sovereign is one of the key rarities of the series with just 3 examples known, one of which is beyond reach in the British Museum. This example was re-designated as a proof strike as a business strike surfaced in 1979 with a subsequent example surfacing since then and another being identified in the Museum of Victoria. It is likely however that the issue was originally intended to be a pattern striking but the die was later used to strike business ...