Page 2 of Proclamation and Colonial Coins

If you haven't heard of the Batavia shipwreck, you truly have missed out on a story of depravity and barbarity t...

In 1796, Great Britain was at war with Republican France and her allies - not only did England’s future depend upon the courage and skill of the Royal Navy, it was also vital that the wheels of commerce continued to turn. The Spanish and Spanish colonial silver “dollars” counterstamped ...

The Gilt Dragon was a “jacht” of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) that wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1656. Not only was this just the 25th European vessel recorded to have reached the shores of the Australian continent, it was only the secon...

This is a very active weekend in the coastal city of Geraldton (West Australia) - there are a number of anniversaries being celebrated, all relating to the 1629 sinking of ...

Proclamation Coins The results of a recent auction of a world-class collection of Brazilian gold coins has confirmed to me the simple truth that Australians approach the proclamation coin series by “type”, and don’t fully appreciate the true breadth and scope of the ser...

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 interest at all. The 1827 penny is a major exception to this rule -...

An increasingly popular numismatic field are the coins struck prior to the Australian "Proclamation" era of 1788 - 1826. This area of Australian numismatics is generally described as being "pre-settlement coinage", and includes coins related to Australian history before settlement in 17...

The Macintosh and Degraves silver shilling is the first tradesmans' token manufactured for use in Australia, and as the only shilling token issued by any Australian merchant it is also the largest denomination in the entire token series. This token is in fact the first item of Australian decorati...