? Struck with a plain edge and at the Royal mint London, the 1857 frosted proof half sovereign was struck as the first formal proof of record strike of the series. Struck as a pair with the 1857 sovereign, it was issued as a representative piece for museums and archival purposes. References Reserve Bank of Australia . The Auction of the Gold Coins of the Reserve Bank of Australia: pp VI-VII. Melbourne Museum . Sydney Mint. Available at: https://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/sydney-mint/ ...
? In 1937 the florin series was met with Kruger Gray's design which features a decorated coat of arms at the centre of the reverse, FLORIN up the top, and AUSTRALIA down below, with the year of issue just above that. After the coronation of King George VI in 1937, the obverse changed to the uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP , which was used up until 1948 and then changed after of the independence of ...
? The 1927 sixpence is one of the more common sixpence of George V, especially if sought in mint state . While the relatively high mintage of 3 and a half million contributed to this, this is mostly due to one bank roll surfacing of 1927 sixpence. The sixpence from that bank roll were however, quite bagged and tended to range between MS63 and MS64 with at least one grading MS65 so obtaining examples at this level can still present quite a challenge. The number of coins struck of a particular ...
?Image from: Heritage Auctions . Victoria and George V gold Half Sovereigns. '2012 September 6-11 Signature World & Ancient Coin Auction - Long Beach #3020'. Retrieved from https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-victoria-and-george-v-gold-half-sovereigns-total-2-coins-/a/3020-27195.s?type=NGC3020
? 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 ...
