? The Royal Australian Mint has produced a silver kangaroo piece every year since 1993. This was the third curpro-nickel piece minted as part of the series. It was produced to provide a more affordable entry point to for collectors who appreciated the designs. The reverse was designed by the iconic Australian artist Ken Done and features a kangaroo against the backdrop of Uluru and the surrounding desert with the denomination
?Image from: London Coins . Sovereign 1846 Roman 1 S.3852 NEF/GEF. 'Auction 143 2013 December'. Retrieved from https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=143&searchlot=2395&searchtype=2
? In 1814 Captain Matthew Flinders published his journal 'A Voyage to Terra Australis'. In this journal he describes the circumnavigation of the Australian continent and his imprisonment on Mauritius. To commemorate the bicentennial of the journal's publication the Royal Australian Mint has created a design that is offered as a one dollar privy mark set or silver proof or as a ten dollar gold proof. The reverse features a depiction of the HMS Investigator alongside a map of Australia with the ...
? The final run of Victorian sovereigns were struck from 1893 to 1901 at the Sydney, Melbourne, and, in the final 3 years, the Perth mint after its opening in 1899. All dates can be considered rare in MS63, and very rare in MS64 and up with only a handful of certified examples . The key date of the series is the 1899 Perth mint sovereign; other key dates include the 1893 Melbourne and the 1898 Sydney. Several bank rolls were found of the Melbourne mint issues but most coins ...
? The George V florin series, lasting throughout George V's reign from 1911 to 1936, features the Australian coat of arms with ADVANCE AUSTRALIA across the scroll, FLORIN up the top of the reverse , and the year of issue down the bottom. 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 be acquired ...