? The Centenary Florin celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the state of Victoria, 1834 and the settlement of the city of Melbourne, 1835. It is the scarcest commemorative with a total mintage of 75,000 and only 54,000 being sold, the remainder being returned to the Melbourne mint to for re-melting. They were sold for an issue price of 3/- to help fund the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The coin is often sold with a Foy & Gibson bag, from either Melbourne ...
? The proof 1938 crown was prepared as a single commercial proof release along side the other 1938 denominations as part of the proof coin collector program started in 1937. A total of 100 coins were prepared but the relatively high issue price of 6/- made it undesirable, particularly in the post-depression America where most Australian proof coins were sold to. In addition, proof coin pioneer, H. G. Williams did not order the crown with the rest ...
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? 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 ...
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