? In 1937 the shilling series was met with Kruger Gray's design which features a ram at the centre of the reverse, AUSTRALIA up the top, and SHILLING followed by the year of issue at the bottom. After the coronation of King George VI in 1937, the obverse featured the uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP , which was used up until 1948 then changed because of the independence of India.Date set collectors will ...
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? The Type II twenty cent was issued from 1985 up until 1998 and featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's platypus design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found within a swirl near the platypus' foot. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian Mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with an additional silver proof produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set. ...
? The 1953 Florin was struck at the Melbourne Mint with a mintage of 12,658,000. The reverse features the Kruger Gray Coat of Arms design which remained in use until the introduction of decimal currency. The obverse features Mary Gillick's effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to the typical 'Small Denticles' 1953 Florin, this 'Large Denticles' variety represents a small percentage of the total population. This second type features notably larger denticles on the borders ...
? The Blakemore reverse design continued into this type, while after the coronation of Elizabeth II in late 1952, the obverse design changed to the bust of Elizabeth II facing to the right with the legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA , designed by Mary Gillick. This legend was only used in 1953 and 1954, then was altered due to public outcry over the omission of 'FIDEI DEF' .The 1953 is the scarcer of the two years and is quite difficult to source in mint state. The 1954 is relatively easy ...