? The Type III ten cent piece has been issued regularly since 1999. The type features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II which was introduced to put a more mature face of HM on Australia's circulating currency. The reverse contains Stuart Devlin's superb lyrebird design. Devlin's initials can be found beside the birds foot . A number of different strike types have been issued in addition to the standard business, specimen, and proof strikes. From 2001, the ...
The 1885 Melbourne is the rarest date in the Young Head series, coming from a tiny mintage of 11,003. Marsh rates this coin as R5 , a strong indication of the coins' extreme rarity before the Reserve Bank of Australia released its gold holdings. A present day estimate would be closer to 200. The type turns up once or twice per year at auction in the lower grades and has historically demanded a premium over catalogue values. The date generally turns up in the VF to XF range and although it is ...
? The Type III twenty cent piece was put into circulation in 1999 and continues to be regularly issued today. It features the new Ian Rank-Broadly portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse with the same Stuart Devlin platypus design on the reverse . Devlin's initials can be found within a wave to the left of the platypus' foot and Rank-Broadly's initials are located below the the obverse portrait. A number of additional striketypes were issued along ...
? In 1951 a Commemorative Florin, dubbed the Jubilee Florin, was released to celebrate the Jubilee of Federation. On the reverse the coin features a sword and mace crossing, with the crown above, and the Southern Cross constellation within. On either side of this design is the dates '1901' and '1951' with the inscription 'AUSTRALIA' above and 'FLORIN' below. The mintage for the type was 2,000,000 and its unique design and commemorative nature led to substantial hoarding. The coin ...
? The Kangaroo design continued into this type right until the introduction of decimal currency with the conclusion of the penny series in 1964. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , which was modified after public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF . All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state , though the 1959 plain from the Melbourne mint is quite scarce. Finding any date beyond MS64 is a challenge, ...
