? The Sydney 2000 Olympics Five Dollar 'Great White Shark' Silver Coin is part of a collection containing 16 pieces. It was struck in sterling silver and were designed to represent both Australia's cultural history and environment. The set comprises of Festival of the Dreaming, Kangaroo, Early Settlement, Great White Shark, Immigrants, Frilled Neck Lizard, Commerce, Emu, Sports and the Arts, Koala, Sydney Harbour, Platypus, Opera House, Echidna, Air and Kookaburra. They are all in a Five Dollar ...
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? In 1915 the Australian Commonwealth Shilling was produced at both the Royal Mint in London and the private Mint of Heaton & Sons in Birmingham. It was necessary to employ Heaton & Sons as the Royal Mint was temporarily refocused on the production of military materials for the war effort. The Royal Mint produced a total of 800,000 pieces and the private mint produced 500,000. The Shillings produced at the latter were struck with a small 'H' mint-mark on the reverse below the date . ...
? In 1800 New South Wales Governor Philip King made a proclamation in which he listed ten coins as legal tender in the colony. One of the pieces listed was the Spanish Silver Dollar which was an extremely well-known coin used throughout the world. The Royal Australian Mint has commemorated the importance of the Spanish Silver Dollar in Australian numismatic history with the release of this one dollar piece. The reverse features the design of a 1758 Spanish silver dollar which was also known ...