? The 1862 Sydney mint half sovereign is a slightly harder than average year though PCGS has certified one example inmint state at MS62.While mint reports state that no half sovereigns were struck in 1862, it is known for certain that half sovereigns bearing that year were struck. Mint reports state that 558,500 half sovereigns were struck in 1863; It would appear as though this mintage figure included half sovereigns struck bearing the date of 1862. Of the two dates, the 1863 is slightly ...
? The 1944 penny was struck at the Melbourne mint and is one of the semi- key dates of the George VI penny series with a relatively low mintage of about 2 million coins. In lower grades its reasonably difficult to acquire but can still be found in dealer's junk boxes. In mint state the date can be quite difficult to acquire although characteristic strong strikes do permit higher mint state grades. In 1944 the Perth mint also struck pennies bearing dot mintmark after the Y ...
? Legendary flying ace, Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, was famed for being an adventurer of the skies. The Royal Australian Mint decided to commemorate 100 years since his birth with this commemorative one dollar. The reverse was designed by Wojciech Pietranik and features an effigy of Smith along with a map of the world and the Lady Southern Cross aircraft in which he made his last flight. The legend reads
? This Commonwealth Games coin was the first Ten Dollar commemorative coin to be released by the Royal Australian Mint and was issued in 1982. This coin, struck into sterling silver was produced in commemoration of the 12th Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. The issue was produced in both specimen and proof with a total of approximately 200,000 coins produced. Industrial action at the time, meant that around 10,000 had to be struck at a Melbourne company called Stokes and Sons, ...
? The half penny switched over to the Kruger Gray, or Kangaroo reverse in 1939 and continued with the design until 1952. The reverse design features a Kangaroo jumping to the right with AUSTRALIA around the top of the design, HALF PENNY around the bottom and the year right above that, just behind the Kangaroo's legs. The obverse features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP and was used up until ...
