? Dies were produced for the Adelaide Five Pound which features a design and font similar to the Adelaide Pound Type II but no original specimens are known. Twelve Restrikes were produced in 1921 at the Royal Mint in Melbourne and sold to the public at bullion value. Two examples were kept, one for the Melbourne branch and one for the London branch, five others were sold and the other five were melted after they couldn't find buyers. Both the Royal mint Melbourne and Royal Australian Mint restrikes ...
? Due to the shortage of pod duang, or bullet money as it was known to foreigners, in circulation brought about by new demands from foreign traders in conjunction with problems with counterfeit pod duang, King Rama IV sought to mint flat coinage by the ancient hammering method . These first coins were struck by hand by cutting circular planchets from a thin sheet of metal, then placing these planchets between an anvil reverse die and using a hammer on the obverse die to imprint ...
The Kangaroo design continued into this type, while after the coronation of Elizabeth II in late 1952, the obverse design changed to the bust of Elizabeth II facing to the right with the legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA , designed by Mary Gillick. This legend continued until 1955, unlike other denominations where it concluded in 1954, but was altered due to public outcry of the omission of FIDEI DEF . All three dates are available though difficult compared with the rest of ...
? The 1944-S Threepence was struck by the San Francisco Mint with a total mintage of 32,000,000. San Francisco was the only mint to produce Australian Threepence in this year, unlike the previous two years which were also struck in Denver and Melbourne. The piece features a small 'S' mint-mark under the right-most ribbon on the reverse. This type is very affordable into mint-state with MS65 examples generally available below $100 but anything graded higher can prove quite challenging. ...
? During the years from 1880 to 1883, the Sydney Mint struck small numbers of half sovereigns that feature a crenulated reverse, typically associated with the Melbourne Mint issues. Very little is known about this variety beyond educated guesses and what has turned up. This variety has been sighted in the dates of 1880, 1881, and 1883 and is identifiable by a crenulated reverse with 147 rim denticles, as opposed to the standard issue which features an even beaded reverse ...