? The 2013 Polar Animals Series is the Royal Australian Mint's fourth animal series, following the popular Ocean, Land and Sea series. The Polar Series encompasses six, uncirculated coins, each depicting different animals that can be found in some of the coldest places on Earth; a Polar Bear, Rockhopper Penguin, Humpback Whale, Walrus, Weddell Seal, and Atlantic Puffin. The series was periodically released in pairs throughout the year in specially designed cards. The Atlantic ...
? The Jubilee large head series was produced from 1887 to 1890 at the Sydney and Melbourne mints. The Jubilee Head series is characterized by a reverse featuring Benedetto Pistrucci's depiction of St George and the Dragon, and an obverse featuring Sir J. E. Boehm's Queen Victoria Jubilee Head and the legend VICTORIA D : G: BRITT : REG : F : D: .The series is spread across two basic types of reverse and obverse designs. Obverse - Large Head ...
? The 1925 penny is a key date of the penny series, after Australia's glamour coin, the 1930 penny. A total of 117,600 pennies were struck at the Melbourne mint that year, along with 832,000 pennies at the Sydney mint indicating a total mintage of 949,600 coins. The soon to close Sydney Mint however, struck pennies that year using 1924 dies and consequently only 117,600 pennies were struck with the date of 1925 making it the 2nd scarcest business strike penny . ...
? The George V sovereign series was struck from 1911 to 1931 with the design changing from 1928 to 1929 with the two types being known as the Large Head and Small Head design respectively. Large Head Design Small Head Design The issue was struck in Australia at the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth mints up to 1926 and only the Melbourne and Perth mints thereafter. The mint of manufacture can be determined by the letter S, M or P on the exergue ...
? The Chinese Year of the Ox is the third animal in a twelve year cycle of the Chinese calendar and to commemorate this the Royal Australian Mint issued this stunning edition. The Chinese Zodiac is composed of 12 animals arranged in order from the rat through to the pig. The order was established by a race between the animals, thousands of years ago orchestrated by the Jade Emperor of China. Chinese astrology and the Chinese zodiac are commemorated by The Australian Lunar Coin sequence. The 12-year ...