? Howard Florey was born in Adelaide, Australia on the 24th September 1898 and died aged 69 in Oxford, England on the 21st February 1968. During his lifetime, he achieved what most men never thought possible. He became a pharmacologist and pathologist in Australia and while working alongside Alexander Fleming and Ernst Chain, discovered Penicillin. To mark this man's historic success, the Royal Australian Mint struck this commemorative one dollar. The reverse was designed by Vladimir Gottwald ...
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? In 1914 the Heaton mint produced 1.2 million half pennies for circulation in Australia. The date has become one of the semi-key dates of the series, though more common than its Royal mint brother. A couple of premium mint state examples originated out of a hoard London though the date is still very scarce in the upper grades and finding an example with any reasonable amount of original mint brilliance is somewhat difficult, though possible thanks to some of the better examples from ...
? After King George V's accession, ten cent pieces were first struck for the colony in 1916 featuring the same reverse design as previous issues with a partitioned ring design with 10 in the inner circle with the legend, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. TEN CENTS followed by the date while the obverse features the Mackennal effigy of King George V and the legend, GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA.The issue was struck in 7 years from 1916 to 1927 with the final two years being readily available in top ...
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