? The 1961 Perth mint half penny, like other Perth mint issues in the series comes in a salmon pink colour or a chocolate brown colour and is typically plagued by impaired dies and as such is difficult to source in the upper mint state grades. The coin typically tones olive or a red brick colour, which should not be confused with original mint brilliance. A cylindrical punch with an inverted impression of a coin's design used to strike the coin
? The 1924 is one of the key dates of the half penny series due in part to its low initial mintage of 681,600. While in lower grades the coin can be readily obtained and still occasionally found in virgin hoards, in mint state it is very rare with probably fewer than 50 examples available. The type is typically well struck up with 8 pearls visible even at the AU50 level and occasionally down in the XF40-45 level, a testament to the maturing half penny production line at the Melbourne mint, ...
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? There are a number of stories behind the 1937 pattern strikes, some say that they depicted King Edward VIII before he eloped with divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson , which was later removed thus producing uniface patterns, others say the patterns were produced as representation pieces in order to gain royal approval for the new designs, similar to the patterns of 1927. The latter would seem to be more plausible, given that patterns exist ...
? The Floral Emblems series one hundred dollar coin was produced from 1995 to 2003 with an issue for each state plus the Commonwealth floral emblem followed by the ACT and NT. The reverse displays each state's floral emblem while the obverse displays the Maklouf portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for issues up to 1998 and the Ian Rank - Broadley portrait for issues from 1999 and on. The tails side of the coinThe heads side of the coin