? In addition to striking the new Kruger Gray designs, an interesting numismatic development started to unfold. The Melbourne mint was to strike proof coins for all denominations, available directly to collectors at one shilling above face value , starting in 1937 with the crown or five shillings piece. This was to continue into 1938 but was scrapped in 1939 with only the half penny being struck for the public that year due to the financial stress of the outbreak of World ...
? The 1994 Dollar was struck to commemorate ten years since the introduction of the one dollar coin in 1984. It features the one dollar note and the mob of roos one dollar coin on the reverse with 1984 across the top and 1994 across the bottom. The obverse features the standard Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The coin was not issued for circulation but rather only issued as part of the mint your own dollar series showing the C, S, or M mintmarks for Canberra, ...
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? The 1979 Chinese Year of the Goat began on the 10th February but the real Chinese year is 4677. It is normally the darkest day of the month that the Chinese year will start and Chinese people celebrate up until the brightest day of the month around two weeks later. This 1979 Year of the Goat is the 8th year of the Chinese zodiac. The Chinese calendar runs in a 12 year cycle and there are 12 animals representing each of them. The Chinese Year of the Goat is commemorated in this Royal Mint ...
? The Type II fifty cent was issued from 1985 to 1997 with the Bass and Flinders commemorative fifty cent being issued bearing the same obverse portrait in 1998. The reverse features Stuart Devlin's Coat of Arms design and the obverse features the Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As with the earlier type Stuart Devlin's initials can be found on the bottom of the reverse. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian mint in a cupro-nickel alloy with ...