? The 1918 Florin was the third year that Florins had been produced at the Melbourne Mint. The total mintage for the year was 2,095,000 which was relatively typical for the series. Finding the coin in mint-state is a difficult task with PCGS population reports showing limited numbers with MS65 the maximum and the majority of mint-state pieces hovering around MS62. Collectors seeking a mint-state example from this era may find that the 1916-M is a more affordable and easily sourced ...
? The Type I one cent was issued from 1966 until the end of the one cent series in 1991. In 2006 an additional silver-proof issue was released as part of the Masterpieces in Silver collection. The series features the Arnold Machin portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with the Stuart Devlin feather-tail glider design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found below the tip of marsupials tail. In 1966 the one cent piece was was minted in Melbourne, Perth and Canberra. To ...
? The Chinese Zodiac is an astrological system that rotates through a twelve year lunar cycle. Each of these years is associated with an animal arranged in order from the rat through to the pig. An ancient folk story states that the order was established by a race between the animals that was orchestrated by the Jade Emperor of China. It is believed that each of these animals is associated with a set of characteristics that may serve as an astrological guide to understand the events that occur in ...
? Unlike other denominations, the sixpence kept the Blakemore reverse in 1938, but after the coronation of King George VI in 1937 the obverse changed to feature uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP which was used up until 1948 then changed because of the independence of India. Date set collectors will have no problems completing the series with the key dates, the 1939 and 1940 being readily available in ...
? 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 . ...
