? The Barcelona Olympics took place during 1992 and is often referred to as the XXV Olympiad. Spain was proud to host these Olympics and fought hard against bids from France, Australia, Yugoslavia, Great Britain and the Netherlands. In celebration of this worldwide event, the Royal Australian Mint struck this one dollar commemorative cupro-nickel coin. The reverse features an Olympian throwing a javelin with the legend
The Type III one dollar coin was first issued in 2000 and continues to be issued today. It features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and Stuart Devlin's iconic 'Mob of Roos' design on the reverse.
? The reverse ram design continued into this type right up until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the shilling series in 1963. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , due to the public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF .Several mint rolls have appeared from all dates in the 1960s, a few 1959 rolls, and a substantial hoard of 1957 shillings has turned up . All other dates are quite ...
? The 1923 Florin was produced at the Melbourne Mint with a total mintage of 1,038,464. This was the lowest mintage for a number of years however the coins overall scarcity and sales prices does not seem to reflect this. Population reports by PCGS show similar populations of the 1923 Florin and the years that immediately surround it. The majority of examples in mint-state are MS62 and surprisingly the highest graded example is an impressive MS67. The low ...
? Despite one bank roll surfacing of 40 mint state 1950 shillings, the date is surprisingly difficult to source with fewer than 10 MS64 or higher market appearances per year. The typical range of mint state coins from the roll range from MS63 to MS64 with three MS65 examples known .
