? This Olympic Baseball commemorative coin was part of a set released following the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. They depict 28 forms of Olympic sports. The obverse features an Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing with tiara. It also has the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000. The reverse shows an Olympic Baseball competitor preparing to throw the ball as well as the official Sydney 2000 Olympic logo and the five rings. This was designed by Philip ...
?Image from: Heritage Auctions . Victoria gold 1/2 Sovereign 1880 AU58 NGC. '2016 April 14 - 19 CICF World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Chicago #3046'. Retrieved from https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-victoria-gold-1-2-sovereign-1880-au58-ngc-/a/3046-32407.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515
? The Royal Australian Mint has produced a silver kangaroo piece every year since 1993. This piece, issued in 1994, was designed by Horst Hahne and features a kangaroo in motion with the legend
? The Type III one cent was issued exclusively in 2006, 2010 and 2011. It featured the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with the standard Stuart Devlin feathertail glider design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found below the tip of the marsupials tail . As the one cent piece had been officially withdrawn from circulation in 1992, this type was never circulated and was only issued as part of mint, proof, and fine silver and gold sets. The ...
? The enigmatic 1856/5 overdate is one of the more difficult overdates of the Sydney mint series. The overdate isn't as clearly visible as other issues such as the 1861/0 overdate, features hints of the loop of the 5 on the lower-right hand corner of the 6 but otherwise is chiefly identified by the presence of a dot after the date, a variety otherwise unique to the 1855. Dot after the date on an 1856/5 Overdate Half Sovereign ...