? This Hong Kong ten cent obverse features the Percy Metcalfe effigy of King George VI along with the legend GEORGE VI KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA. The reverse has the legend HONG KONG TEN CENTS with an inner circle containing Chinese characters depicting the date, denomination and country of origin. This 1937 ten cent effigy on the obverse only intruded into the legend by half whereas the 1938 ten cent effigy of King George VI had a larger image and the top of the crown almost touches the edge ...
? Sir Edward Weary Dunlop was a surgeon in the Australian Army during World War II. Sir Dunlop and his troops were captured in 1942 and put to work on Death Railway. To commemorate the 50 years since the end of the war, the Weary Dunlop fifty cent was released. The reverse was designed by Horst Hahne and features a portrait of Sir Dunlop with the legend THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945 written across barbed wire which depicts his capture by the Japanese. The obverse ...
? The George V Penny series, lasting throughout George V's reign from 1911 to 1936, features a partitioned, circular reverse design with COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA around the outer ring with the year at the bottom and ONE PENNY within the inner ring. The obverse features the crowned bust of King George V facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT : OMN : REX F. D. IND : IMP . Like most George V series, this a very popular series to collect. In lower grade, all dates can ...
? The Type I ten cent was issued from 1966 to 1984 with an additional proof striking in silver in 2006 as part of the 40th anniversary of decimal coinage set. The obverse features the Arnold Machin portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the reverse features Stuart Devlin's lyrebird design. Devlin's initials can be found to the right of the birds foot. Initials of designer Stuart Devlin on a 1970 Proof Ten Cent piece. The issue was struck at the Royal ...
? The 1923 half penny is the key date for the entire half penny series and represents the toughest financial challenge the half penny collector will face. The coin is desirable in all conditions with pitted and worn examples finding their place in budget half penny collections and pieces in AU50 or better often ending up in mid-range to high-end investment portfolios. While the 1923 half penny has a reasonably sizeable mintage of 1,113,600 coins being struck at the Sydney mint, these were ...