? This five dollar coin was issued by the Royal Australian Mint in order to celebrate 100 years of the game of Rugby. The reverse was designed by Vladimir Gottwald and features the artists impression of two rugby players in action. It includes the legend
? This coin celebrates the White Cockatoo and is part of a Bird Series of commemorative coins issued by the Royal Australian Mint. Released in 1990, this was the second coin in the series, which celebrates the native birds of Australia. The final coin of the set paid tribute to the Wedge Tail Eagle, and was released in 1994. The coins were issued on a yearly basis and the other birds featured are the Kookaburra, the Jabiru. the Emperor Penguin and the Palm Cockatoo. This issue was ...
? The Arthur Phillip 1987 Two Hundred Dollar coin was issued to commemorate Phillip's departure from England two hundred years earlier in 1787. The reverse features a portrait of Arthur Phillip with the legend
? The 1917 Shilling was the second of its series to be produced at the Melbourne Mint in Australia. The total mintage for the year was 5,274,000 - the largest mintage of the series so far. As a result of this large mintage the piece is generally easy and affordable to obtain in most grades. Population reports by PCGS show that there are a large number of mint-state examples ranging from MS61 to MS66. Collectors seeking a high mint-state example from this era would be ...
? James Brooke was born in India and served in the Bengal Army. When he was wounded, he resigned his commission, bought a 142 ton schooner and sailed to the Malay Archipelago. It was here that he met Pangeran Muda Hashim and together, they crushed a rebellion which gave the throne back to the Sultan of Brunei. The Sultan subsequently decided to give Brooke the Sarawak governor position as reward for his assistance. He was officially appointed as Rajah of Sarawak in 1842 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien ...
