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? The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton in 2011 was a monumental occasion. The viewing figures broke many records and the Royal Australian Mint were honoured to produce this commemorative coin. The reverse was designed by RAM and shows an effigy of the happy couple with a circled rose at the base. It includes the legend
? The Royal Ladies Gold set featured 4 two hundred and fifty dollar coins and one medallion. The reverses depicted one of four royal ladies including Princess Anne and the late Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lady Diana. Princess Anne is referred to as the The Princess Royal, the second child and only daughter of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh. She was born at Clarence House, London, on the 15th August 1950, when her mother was Princess Elizabeth and heir to the throne. She was ...
? The 1970 fifty cent was issued to commemorative 200 years since Captain Cook navigated the Eastern coastline of Australia. This was the first decimal commemorative issue and consequently was frequently hoarded and is readily available in mint state. In 1989 the Royal Australian mint issued a Captain Cook fifty cent as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set. James Cook grew up in England and was enrolled in the Royal Navy. There he learned to survey and navigate the water and ...
? 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 ...