? Remembrance Day is a day to remember those who served to protect us. It is commemorated unerringly each year to remember our fallen heroes. The Royal Australian Mint has chosen to remember this occasion with a two dollar commemorative coin of its own. The reverse, designed by Wojciech Pietranik, shows a single vibrant red poppy in the centre of some chosen words. The words are REMEMBRANCE and upside down are the immortal words LEST WE FORGET. The legend reads
? The penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1937, though no business strikes were issued until 1938, and continued with the design until 1952. The design features a Kangaroo jumping to the left with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, PENNY around the bottom, and the year right above that, just behind the Kangaroo's legs. The obverse features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND ...
? A total of 15,000 proof sets were struck in 1937 marking the ascension of King George VI. While generally a common issue, finding examples in the higher proof grades can be quite a challenge due to the style of the presentation case.
? In 1872, the newly established Melbourne Mint joined the Sydney Mint in striking full and half sovereigns and continued to strike half sovereigns until 1915, and full sovereigns until 1931, then silver and copper coinage until its closure in 1968 Pty Ltd, 2009) . The Sydney Mint closed in 1926 having produced gold, silver, and copper coins throughout its time Pty Ltd, 2009) . The Half Sovereign Jubliee Head was the third half sovereign series to be struck at an Australian ...
? 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 ...