? 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 ...
?Image from: Baldwin's of St. James's . Edward VII, gold half-sovereign, 1903. 'Auction 30 20 Mar 2019'. Retrieved from https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3057&lot=21
? The Type I twenty cent was issued from 1966 to 1984 with an additional proof striking in silver in 2006 as part of the 40th anniversary of decimal coinage set. It features a platypus on the reverse and her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse .The issue was struck at the Royal Australian Mint in all years with additional assistance provided by the Royal Mint London in 1966 to assist with the huge demand for new currency as a result of the vast amount of pre-decimal currency withdrawn. ...
? Following the return of Hong Kong to China, the ten dollar obverse features the Bauhinia Flower which was supplied by Joseph Yam as well as the country of origin in both English and Chinese. The reverse shows the denomination in Chinese and English along with the date and numerical value. The first Hong Kong currency was established in 1864 by the fifth Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Hercules Robinson and the Hong Kong Mint was established on 7th May, 1866 in order to provide a steady supply ...
? The 1883 Sydney beaded rim reverse is probably the most common Young Head half sovereign from an Australian mint, with about 2500 pieces available. This is largely owing to the relatively high initial mintage of 220,000, the highest of the series. The date is available in mint state with two examples having been sold through the Reserve Bank of Australia sale realising about $12,000 each. The auction also sold three EF or better examples which sold from $1300 to $5000 ...