Commonwealth Coins

The Melbourne Centenary Florin - Australia's Third Commemorative Coin

The Melbourne Centenary Florin is one of the most interesting coins in the entire Commonwealth coin series.


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Australian Coinage During WWII

World War II began with the German invasion of Poland on September 3rd, 1939, and ended with the the Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945.


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The Background to the Kookaburra Patterns

The pattern Kookaburra pennies & halfpennies were produced between 1919 and 1921 as part of a move towards a smaller and thus more cost effective national coinage.


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The 1954 Australian Royal Visit Florin

On February 3rd 1954, the newly crowned Queen became the first reigning monarch to step ashore on Australian soil when the royal barge tied up at Farm Cove in Sydney.


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An Introduction to Proof, Pattern & Specimen Coinage

THE CREAM OF THE MARKET: Proof, pattern & specimen coins have long been the most exclusive areas of numismatics anywhere in the world.


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Australia's 1951 Federation Jubilee Florin


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The Coin Production Process

I was doing some research into a coin I'd acquired some time ago, and to get a better understanding how how it came to exist I wanted to get a really clear understanding of the exact production pro


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The 1951 PL Proof Copper Coins Struck by the Royal Mint in London

As published in the CAB Magazine, 2002.


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The 1922 Specimen Penny - One of the Very First Copper Coins Struck at the Perth Mint

As the only archival-quality copper coin struck by the Perth Mint in the 1920's, the specimen 1922 penny with the Indian obverse stands alone as an exclusive, tangible record of the strategy th


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The 1915 Halfpenny - A Rarity In Any Grade

When our national silver coinage was introduced in Australia in 1910, the new Commonwealth Government attempted to produce enough coins to satisfy the national economy for several years.


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