? The 2009 Citizenship coin was issued to commemorate sixty years since the enactment of the Australian Citizenship Act. The reverse, designed by Wojciech Pietranik, features the faces of seven new Australians along with the legend
? The penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1937, though no business strikes were issued until 1938, and continued with the design until 1952. The design features a Kangaroo jumping to the left with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, PENNY around the bottom, and the year right above that, just behind the Kangaroo's legs. The obverse features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND ...
? During the Australian Gold Rush the Royal Mint allowed for the construction of a local mint in Sydney to process the raw gold into Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns. In 1855 the Sydney Mint produced its first half sovereign. The Royal Australian Mint has commemorated 150 years since the opening of the Sydney Mint with the release of this Ten Dollar piece. The reverse features a gold plated impression of the Sydney Mint building with the legend
? The Ian-Rank Broadley portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II was introduced to the fifty cent in 1999 providing a more mature face of the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Other than this, the Type III Fifty Cent is identical to previous issues with Australia's coat of arms on the reverse around the digit 50. A number of different strike types were issued along side the standard business strike, specimen strike and proof strike. From 2001, the Royal Australian mint intermittently ...
? 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 ...