? The Hong Kong Ten Cent coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Cecil Thomas on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country. inside a ring of dots. Outside this is the legend HONG KONG TEN CENTS. There were also proof strikes issued between 1955 and 1963. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty ...
? The 1942 Shilling was struck at the Melbourne Mint with a total mintage of 1,380,000. In the same year an additional 4,000,000 pieces were struck at the San Francisco Mint. The San Francisco type can be differentiated from the Melbourne by a small 'S' mint-mark located below the ram on the reverse design . The quite strong mintage means that the type is usually affordable even into the low mint-states. San Francisco 'S' mint-mark on the reverse of a 1942-S ...
? Since 1993 the Royal Australian Mint has annually produced 1oz silver kangaroo pieces. The reverse of this piece, the first of the series, was designed by Horst Hahne and features a kangaroo in motion with the legend
? Mining is the backbone of Australian industry and the gold rush that founded its economic success. The Royal Australian mint has recognised this and issued the commemorative uncirculated twenty cent available only as part of a two-coin set named Australian Mining. The reverse was designed by Aleksandra Stokic and shows a bucket wheel excavator, which is one of the largest land vehicles in existence and is used in open-cut mines. Stokic's initials can be found near the denomination ...
? The dodecagonal type I fifty cent was issued to replace the round 1966 fifty cent from 1969 to 1984 with a number of patterns dated 1966 and 1967. It is struck on a dodecagonal planchet with the Arnold Machin portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse , and Stuart Devlin's interpretation of the Australian coat of arms on the reverse . Devlin's initials can be found on the bottom of the reverse underneath the denomination. The type was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian ...