? The Half Cent series was struck, much like the other copper issues starting in 1872 at the Heaton mint in Birmingham with a large initial mintage of 5.6 million to satisfy the initial demand for smaller circulating currency for the newly founded colony. The issue features a partitioned circular reverse with the legend STRAITS SETTLEMENTS HALF CENT in the outer edge followed by the date and 1/2 in the middle and an obverse with the effigy of Queen Victoria facing to the left and the legend ...
? This commemorative fifty cent coin is one piece from the 2002 issue of the Royal Australian Mint's six coin year sets. This particular set was entitled The Year of the Outback and as the name suggests the series pays tribute to the Australian outback and the way in which it has contributed to defining Australia as a nation. The outback, also sometimes referred to as the red centre, really is the heart of Australia.This fifty cent dodecagonal coin is joined in the set by an additional ...
? The Type II ten cent was issued from 1985 up until 1998 and featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's superb lyrebird design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found near the foot of the lyrebird. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian Mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with an additional silver proof produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set. ...
? This Olympic Fencing commemorative coin was part of a set released following the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. They depict 28 forms of Olympic sports. The obverse features an Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing with tiara. It also has the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000. The reverse shows an Olympic Fencing competitor in action as well as the official Sydney 2000 Olympic logo and the five rings. This was designed by Philip Holliday and shows ...
? The Royal Australian Mint has produced a silver kangaroo piece every year since 1993. This piece was designed by iconic Australian Artist Reg Mombassa and features a caricatured kangaroo holding a football. The reverse also features the denomination