? The Type III twenty cent piece was put into circulation in 1999 and continues to be regularly issued today. It features the new Ian Rank-Broadly portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse with the same Stuart Devlin platypus design on the reverse . Devlin's initials can be found within a wave to the left of the platypus' foot and Rank-Broadly's initials are located below the the obverse portrait. A number of additional striketypes were issued along ...
? The Kangaroo design continued into this type right until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the penny series in 1964. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , which was modified after public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF . All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state , though the 1959 plain from the Melbourne mint is quite scarce. Finding any date beyond MS64 is a challenge, ...
? 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 ...
? The 1919 dot below lower scroll variety of the Penny was struck in Australia. The exact mintage figure for the variety is unknown however across all three varieties the total mintage was 5,810,160. The year has three varieties that are differentiated by small beads located around the scrolls on the reverse. The first variety has no dots, the second has a dot above the top scroll and a dot below the lower scroll , the final variety features a single dot below the lower scroll. ...
?Image from: Heritage Auctions . Victoria Sovereign gold 1856 MS62 NGC. '2017 April 7 - 10 CCE World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Chicago #3054'. Retrieved from https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-victoria-sovereign-gold-1856-ms62-ngc-/a/3054-32662.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515