? The half penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1939 and continued with the design until 1952. The reverse design features a Kangaroo jumping to the right with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, HALF PENNY around the bottom and the year right above that, just behind the Kangaroo's legs. The obverse features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP and was used up until ...
? This one hundred Dollar gold proof coin issued in 1995 was the first to be released from a series of nine entitled Floral Emblems of Australia. The set was released between the years of 1995 and 2003 with a coin featuring the floral emblem of each state as well as the Commonwealth, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. This particular coin features the Waratah, which is the floral emblem of New South Wales. Each emblem of the entire series is represented ...
? In 1937 the florin series was met with Kruger Gray's design which features a decorated coat of arms at the centre of the reverse, FLORIN up the top, and AUSTRALIA down below, with the year of issue just above that. After the coronation of King George VI in 1937, the obverse changed to 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 and then changed after of the independence of ...
? The final run of Victorian sovereigns were struck from 1893 to 1901 at the Sydney, Melbourne, and, in the final 3 years, the Perth mint after its opening in 1899. All dates can be considered rare in MS63, and very rare in MS64 and up with only a handful of certified examples . The key date of the series is the 1899 Perth mint sovereign; other key dates include the 1893 Melbourne and the 1898 Sydney. Several bank rolls were found of the Melbourne mint issues but most coins ...
? The 1956 specimen strike is a scarce variant of the 1956 proof with a mintage of just 506. Despite this it rarely sells for a premium over proof strikes due to it simply being an inferior looking piece with less strike depth and less mirror reflectivity. The piece can be distinguished by a more shallow lustre and a slightly weak star and Queen's hair and with an overall less defined relief. 1956 specimen reverse ...