? The second type of the Elizabeth II Sixpence series was issued between 1955 and 1963. The obverse of this new type features a modified legend which reads - 'ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D' . The legend was modified to include 'F:D' which had been removed from British coins following the death of King George VI. The removal had attracted substantial controversy with groups including 'The United Protestant's Association' and a number of Australian Bishops leading protests ...
? The Diamond Wedding commemorative issue coin celebrates the union of HM The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. The reverse was designed by Stuart Devlin and shows the Queen and the Duke facing each other with a diamond shining below them. It is surrounded by a fanfare and the legend ELIZABETH AND PHILIP 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FIFTY CENTS. The obverse features an Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing and crowned. It also has the legend ELIZABETH ...
? The Jubilee large head series was produced from 1887 to 1890 at the Sydney and Melbourne mints. The Jubilee Head series is characterized by a reverse featuring Benedetto Pistrucci's depiction of St George and the Dragon, and an obverse featuring Sir J. E. Boehm's Queen Victoria Jubilee Head and the legend VICTORIA D : G: BRITT : REG : F : D: .The series is spread across two basic types of reverse and obverse designs. Obverse - Large Head ...
? The Hong Kong One Dollar coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Arnold Machin on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country with a ring of dots. Outside of this is the legend HONG KONG ONE DOLLAR. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty of Nanjing. Prior to the war, China was exporting ...
? The Bass and Flinders fifty cent was issued in 1998 to commemorate 200 years since George Bass and Matthew Flinders proved that Tasmania was an island by circumnavigating it. The reverse features the portraits of George Bass and Matthew Flinders along with the map of Tasmania and the route that was taken. It also contains the legend DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT / GEORGE BASS / MATTHEW FLINDERS 1798 - 1998 and the denomination 50. The obverse features the standard Maklouf portrait of HM ...