? This Lawn Bowls 50 Cent dodecagonal coin commemorates the XVII Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne during 2006. The reverse was designed by Wojciech Pietranik and features the artists impression of a bowler in action. It has the official Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo and the legend 50 XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES. The obverse shows the traditional Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing with tiara and earrings. It shows the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA ...
? The Royal Australian Mint has issued this one dollar piece to celebrate Ethel Pedley and her iconic children's book 'Dot and the Kangaroo'. The reverse was designed by A. Baggio and features a portrait of Pedley along and her characters Dot and the Kangaroo. The legend states
? The 1990 five dollar Australian Kookaburra coin was the first pure silver bullion coin series released in Australia , with a maximum mintage of 300,000 . Minted at the Perth mint in.999 silver, the coin reflects the mint's popular theme of native Australian fauna . The reverse, designed by Dr Stuart Devlin, depicts a kookaburra sitting atop a tree stump, surrounded by native flora. It also bears the legend 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER ...
? Following the example of the Sydney Mint, which had been established in 1855 to ensure efficient minting of Australian gold into legal tender Pty Ltd, 2009) , and the passing of The Colonial Branch Mint Act of 1866, the Melbourne Mint was established in June, 1872 Pty Ltd, 2009) . Victoria's ample gold resources were also a strong factor in the British' government's decision to open a branch in Melbourne . The building that housed the Melbourne ...
? The 2014 Bright Bugs Series is the Royal Australian Mint's fifth animal series, following the popular Ocean, Land, Sea, and Polar series. The Bright Bugs series encompasses six, uncirculated coins, each depicting some of Australia's most interesting insects; the Blowfly, Ulysses Butterfly, Cuckoo Wasp, Stag Beetle, Grasshopper, and Red Bull Ant. The series was periodically released in pairs throughout the year in specially designed cards. Leichhardt's grasshopper was discovered by German ...