? The George V Penny series, lasting throughout George V's reign from 1911 to 1936, features a partitioned, circular reverse design with COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA around the outer ring with the year at the bottom and ONE PENNY within the inner ring. The obverse features the crowned bust of King George V facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT : OMN : REX F. D. IND : IMP . Like most George V series, this a very popular series to collect. In lower grade, all dates can ...
? The 1911 Florin was both the second year and the second type in the Australian Florin series. The short-lived King Edward VII type had been issued only in 1910 as His Majesty died in May of the same year. The new type featured the portrait of the recently crowned King George V. The new portrait had been designed by the famous Australian sculptor Sir. E. B. Mackennal and depicted the King facing left wearing his Royal robes and St. Edward's Crown. The issue was produced ...
? The 1955 Sixpence was the first piece in the Queen Elizabeth II Sixpence series to be issued with the Defender of the Faith 'F.D' inscription in the obverse legend. The year was produced at the Melbourne Mint to a total mintage of 14,248,000. This was the largest mintage in the series so far and remain that way until 1958. Although the mintage was high relatively few examples have survived in mint-state, particularly when compared to the abundance of mint-state 1954 ...
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? The 1932 half penny, while an easy date to acquire in circulated grades, is one of the scarcest dates of the 1930s in mint state, especially if sought with original mint brilliance. While its mintage of about 2.5 million may be out shadowed by the sub million mintages of 1930 and 1931 it is by no means as common as the 1933-36 range of half pennies. With the Great Depression peaking in Australia, the deflationary nature of the economy at the time ensured that very few people could afford ...
