Commonwealth Coins

"Who Will It Be?" It Turns Out It Was Mr Les A. Cobon of Port Melbourne!

The Background to Melbourne's The Star Newspaper


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The Background to Australia's WWII Internment Tokens

Much of the following information first appeared as an article in the Australasian Coin & Banknote Maga


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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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