? The last trading monopoly of the East India Company was abolished in 1853 after which the company acted only as an administrative entity though it was not until 1858 that its property and powers were officially transferred to the Crown. Under the Indian Act XIII of 1862, the coinage of India was redesigned with specific provisions for coinage of the Straits Settlements to be redesigned also. Coins were struck from 1862 to 1867 though all coins were dated 1862. The Quarter Cent is by far the ...
? The Type I two cent was issued from 1966 to 1984 with an additional proof striking in silver in 2006 as part of the 40th anniversary of decimal coinage set. It features Stuart Devlin's iconic frilled neck lizard design on the reverse, and the Arnold Machin effigy of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, on the obverse. The initials of Stuart Devlin can be found beneath the lizard on all pieces except for a number of 'Sans SD' pieces issued in 1967, 1968, and 1981 . ...
To commemorate forty years since the introduction of decimal currency the Royal Australian mint has once again issued the round fifty cent design as a proof. The silver proof piece features the same composition as the original fifty cent coin . An extremely limited pure gold proof set was also issued. In 2010 a similarly low mintage proof example of the round fifty cent was issued as part of the 2010 heritage set. The original round fifty cent piece was a unique issue ...
? The Type II one cent was issued from 1985 up until the retirement of the one cent series in 1991. It featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse , with the unchanged Stuart Devlin feather-tail glider design on the reverse. Devlin's initials can be found below the tip of marsupials tail . The type was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian mint in a bronze alloy, except in 1991 where an additional silver proof was issued as ...
? References . 1882 Solot. Available at: https://numisbid.com.au
