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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

A Profile of the Landmark Rare Coin Auction Held in March 1989 - the Pratley Collection of Australian Half Sovereigns

There are certain auctions that capture the zeitgest or mood of a particular period of activity in the Australian numismatic market, the auction of the Pratley collection of Australian half soverei


Submitted by andrew on Fri, 12/23/2011 - 08:35. categories [ Tags: ]

Provenance and It's Importance in Numismatics

Many dictionaries state that the word “provenance” comes from the French word “provenir” (to come from), and is variously used to describe the origin or the source


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"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


Submitted by andrew on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 02:25. categories [ Tags: ]

The 1976 DBP $1 Note - A Million Dollar Test

The DBP $1 note is one that has been enthusiastically pursued by decimal note collectors for decades, although it's perhaps only in the past five


Submitted by andrew on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 01:51. categories [ Tags: ]

Serial Numbering Methods Used on Australian Banknotes

The general public today is quite used to seeing our notes printed with uniform serial numbers - nearly all Australian notes issued since 1988 feature a four-digit prefix and a six-digit serial num


Submitted by andrew on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 09:38. categories [ Tags: ]

Australia's 1988 Bicentennial $10 Note – An Elaborate Field Test

It's long been thought that the ten dollar note issued in 1988 by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) simply honoured the 200th anniversary of European settlement in Australia.


Submitted by andrew on Thu, 09/16/2010 - 20:49. categories [ Tags: ]

The New (Counterfeit) Kids on the Block - Chinese Dud Coins

As someone that attends all of the major numismatic trade shows around the country; as a dealer that interacts with dozens of collectors of all stripes each day of the week; as an active


Submitted by andrew on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 13:55. categories [ Tags: ]

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.


Submitted by andrew on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 07:36. categories [ Tags: ]