? 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, ...
? The Melbourne mint opened its doors in 1872 but it wasn't until 1873 that the first half sovereigns were struck with an M mintmark underneath the shield. A total of 165,034 half sovereigns were struck in 1873 and unlike the early Sydney mint designs, the Melbourne mint had a standardised reverse design throughout the series though the obverse had three different variants. Reverse: Melbourne mint 'M' mintmark directly below the shield and between two rosettes ...
? 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 One Baht coin was originally based on the unit of weight of one baht .