? This twenty cent coin, featuring a design by an Australian student, was released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2001 as part of their extensive program celebrating the Centenary of Federation. The reverse was design by student Megan Cummings from Norfolk Island Central School. It features various images that are iconic or representative of the island; the sun, a fish, HMS Sirus, and a boat. The largest image is of the Norfolk Pine tree, which is overlaying an outline of the island. The ...
? The penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1937, though no business strikes were issued until 1938, and continued with the design until 1952. The design features a Kangaroo jumping to the left with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, 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 ...
? The Hong Kong twenty cent was first struck at the new Hong Kong mint in 1866. The mint only produced the coin for two years before closing with great losses, after this it was struck at the Royal Mint in London and the Heaton Mint in Birmingham. The obverse features the Leonard Wyon effigy of King Edward VII along with the legend EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR. The reverse has the legend HONG KONG TWENTY CENTS with an inner circle containing Chinese characters depicting the date, denomination ...
? The Kruger Gray reverse design continued into this type right until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the florin series in 1963. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , due to public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF . All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state, though the 1956, 1959, and 1963 florins are quite scarce in the upper mint state grades; the 1956 usually has a price ...
? Following the discovery of gold in Sydney, sovereigns were minted at the Sydney Mint from 1855 and continued until 1916. Prior to the discovery of gold, Australian colonies were reliant upon coins minted in Great Britain as these were the only coins recognised as having legal tender status . The 1850s Gold Rush affected not only the mintage of coins but also sudden population growth, particularly in Victoria. In turn, this demanded sudden developments in government administration ...