Proclamation and Colonial Coins

The 1827 Penny From Great Britain - Unique in the Australian Colonial Series

As someone that has been exposed to a reasonable number of coins on a daily basis for well over a decade now, it isn't often at all that a heavily worn penny registers as being of any import or int

Australia's "Pre-Settlement" Coins - Recovered From Dutch Shiprecks off the WA Coast

An increasingly popular alternative numismatic field is one that involves coinage struck prior to the Australian "Proclamation" era of 1788 - 1826.


Submitted by andrew on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 06:20. categories [ Tags: ]

Australia's Numismatic History

Economists state that money has three basic functions: as a medium of exchange; a measure of value and as a store of value.


Submitted by andrew on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 12:13. categories [ Tags: ]

What Is A Proclamation Coin?

The definition of what constitutes a “proclamation coin” has been the subject of conjecture in Australian numismatics for many years.  Given the not insignificant body of work that


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THE FULL EXTENT OF A PROCLAMATION SET


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