? The Type I ten cent was issued from 1966 to 1984 with an additional proof striking in silver in 2006 as part of the 40th anniversary of decimal coinage set. The obverse features the Arnold Machin portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the reverse features Stuart Devlin's lyrebird design. Devlin's initials can be found to the right of the birds foot. Initials of designer Stuart Devlin on a 1970 Proof Ten Cent piece. The issue was struck at the Royal ...
? The Sydney mint reverted to the Imperial St George and Shield designs in 1871 with the Shield design intended for export to other colonies. The fourth reverse design features a short length tail as opposed to the long tail used since 1871 and the medium tail used since 1874 as in the illustration below: This type differs from the other St George reverse designs by having a wider truncation at the base of the bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The origin mint of this issue can be determined ...
? The 1939 Florin is the key date of the George VI Florin series coming from a relatively low mintage of 630,000 coins. While the year is often well struck up, the obverse surfaces are prone to hairlines and scuffs which make mint-state coins rare, and higher mint state graded coins near impossible to source. In circulated grades, they are reasonably easy to obtain in all grades up to the mid-AU level although they already start to command strong premiums at the XF-AU levels. Collectors ...
? The Kangaroo design continued into this type right until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the penny series in 1964. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , which was modified after public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF . All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state , though the 1959 plain from the Melbourne mint is quite scarce. Finding any date beyond MS64 is a challenge, ...
?The 1902-S brilliant proof formed a part of the Pretoria Mint collection. All other museum pieces were matte proofs. The brilliant proof was purchased by Sydney dealer Robert Jaggard and is now within private hands.