? This twenty cent coin, featuring a design by an Australian student, was released by the Royal Australian Mint in 2001 as part of their extensive program celebrating the Centenary of Federation. The reverse was design by student Megan Cummings from Norfolk Island Central School. It features various images that are iconic or representative of the island; the sun, a fish, HMS Sirus, and a boat. The largest image is of the Norfolk Pine tree, which is overlaying an outline of the island. The ...
? The 1982 Chinese Year of the Dog, one thousand dollar gold coin is the 7th coin in this series. The reverse features an Elizabeth Haddon-Care design of a dog and Chinese symbols depicting the Year of the Dog along with the legend HONG KONG $1000. The obverse has the Arnold Machin portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing and crowned. The legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND 1982. There was also a gold proof coin struck in the same year. The Chinese zodiac portrays the symbol of ...
?Image from: Heritage Auctions . Victoria gold 1/2 Sovereign 1860 MS65 PCGS. '2016 January 3 - 4 NYINC World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction - New York #3044'. Retrieved from https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-victoria-gold-1-2-sovereign-1860-ms65-pcgs-/a/3044-29757.s?hdnJumpToLot=1&x=0&y=0
? The George V sovereign series was struck from 1911 to 1931 with the design changing from 1928 to 1929 with the two types being known as the Large Head and Small Head design respectively. Large Head Design Small Head Design The issue was struck in Australia at the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth mints up to 1926 and only the Melbourne and Perth mints thereafter. The mint of manufacture can be determined by the letter S, M or P on the exergue ...
? The Sydney mint reverted to the Imperial St George and Shield designs in 1871 with the Shield design intended for export to other colonies. The first St George design depicts Pistrucci's St George slaying the dragon with the designer's initials B.P. in large characters on the right below the exergue. The design would only last for half a year with the Sydney mint switching to a small B.P. design later in the year, making the large BP scarce. Glossary mint: ...