? 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 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 ...
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? 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: ...
? This Netball 50 Cent dodecagonal coin commemorates the XVII Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne during 2006. The reverse was designed by Wojciech Pietranik and features the artists impression of a netball player shooting for goal. It has the official Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo and the legend 50 XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES. The obverse shows the traditional Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing with tiara and earrings. It shows the legend ELIZABETH ...