? This one dollar silver coin has the portrait of Queen Victoria facing left on the obverse with the legend VICTORIA QUEEN HONG KONG ONE DOLLAR 1864. The reverse contains four Chinese symbols depicting date, country and denomination in the centre surrounded by a decorative circle and a wreath. There is a second circle outside this and the legend reads HONG KONG ONE DOLLAR 1864. The heads side of the coinThe inscription around the inner edge of the coinThe tails side of the coin ...
? 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 fourth reverse design features a short length tail as opposed to the long tail used since 1871 and the medium tail used since 1874 as in the illustration below: This type differs from the other St George reverse designs by having a wider truncation at the base of the bust of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The origin mint of this issue can be determined ...
? The Royal Visit Florin was struck in 1954 to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Australia in February 1954, the first time a British monarch had visited the country. The reverse features a lion representing Great Britain and a Kangaroo representing Australia with the legend 'AUSTRALIA FLORIN' and the date 1954. The obverse features the Mary Gillick effigy of Elizabeth II. Both the obverse and reverse design attracted much attention. The obverse legend features ...
? Holey dollar is the name given to coins used in the early history of two British settlements, Prince Edward Island and New South Wales. On Prince Edward Island in 1813 there was a scarcity of money. The governor had all of the Spanish coins collected and cut out their centres. The middle section passed as shillings and the outer portion of the coin were denoted as five shilling pieces. The financial worth combined of both pieces was greater on Prince Edward Island and became the authorised ...
? In 1952 the Malaya and British Borneo dollar was established for use in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak with coins first issued in 1953 though the fifty cent was first struck in 1954. The Fifty Cent continued with an only slightly updated design when compared with the first fifty cent coin in 1886. The reverse features the new legend of MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO around an inner circle with 50 CENTS inside. The obverse features the young head effigy of Queen Elizabeth ...