Although New Zealand's first national coins were released in 1935, the answer to this question has changed over the past few decades. Not because any particularly-rare coins have been produced in that period of time, but because the coin that was once regarded as New Zealand's rarest co...

The 1930 penny has been Australia’s most popular rare coin for more than three quarters of a century. It has been keenly studied over the decades and much has been been written about it. In an effort to fill in gaps in our accepted knowledge, even more has been assumed and sp...

The 1937 New Zealand uniface pattern florin and sixpence were exclusively struck for members of the Royal family during a visit to the London Mint in December 1937. In fact, they form part of a set of 18 different British Commonwealth coins struck on that occasion. Importantly, they are...

The 1933 pattern Kiwi shilling is one of New Zealand’s most historic coins, and also lays claim to the title of New Zealand’s rarest coin. Only two examples were struck, its existence is testament to the robust process that conceived New Zealand’s proud national coinage. It is believed ...

One of the great things about numismatics is that it seems there are always new areas of research opening up, even though the products being studied were made decades, if not centuries ago. Recent research by David Briggs into Australia’s Veiled Head Sovereigns and Half Sovere...

A few months ago (mid-2019 as I write this), I came across a series of social media posts about an event held in Sydney between January 21st and January 28th 2019 by a Brisbane artist and academic that used banknote designs and what I u...

The results of Noble Numismatics sale 121 show that there was activity at both ends - rising metal prices are increasing interest in circulated pre-decimal coins and the decimal commemoratives, while a new record auction price was paid for an Australian banknote issued into circulation. ...

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