? 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 first St George design depicts Pistrucci's St George slaying the dragon with the designer's initials B.P. in large characters on the right below the exergue. The design would only last for half a year with the Sydney mint switching to a small B.P. design later in the year, making the large BP scarce. Glossary mint: ...
? In January 1901 King Edward VII acceded to the British throne with the first business strike five cent pieces struck in 1902. The reverse design features a partitioned ring design with 5 in the inner circle with the legend, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. FIVE CENTS with the date following. The obverse features a crowned bust of King Edward VII with the legend , EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR by Royal Mint engraver, George W. De Saules.The issue was struck in 1902, 1903 and in 1910 at the Bombay mint. ...
? In 1912 the Heaton mint struck 2.4 million half pennies for Australia featuring the mintmark H below the lower scroll on the reverse. H Mintmark of the 1912 Heaton mint half penny The year is reasonably common, though like the 1911, most mint state examples originated from the Baldwin mint roll though the 1912 examples tended to grade higher, right up to MS66! Also like the 1911 half penny, the obverse is often softly struck ...
? The Type I twenty 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. It features a platypus on the reverse and her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse .The issue was struck at the Royal Australian Mint in all years with additional assistance provided by the Royal Mint London in 1966 to assist with the huge demand for new currency as a result of the vast amount of pre-decimal currency withdrawn. ...
? The 1943-D Sixpence was struck at the Denver Mint with a total mintage of 8,000,000. In the same year a further 4,000,000 pieces were struck at the San Francisco Mint. The Denver variety can be differentiated from the others by a small 'D' mint-mark located above the date on the reverse. This variety is the most affordable in the entire George VI series. Mint-state examples of this type typically skew toward higher grades than the rest of this series with PCGS population reports ...