? In 1940 the Australia Penny was struck at both the Melbourne and Perth branches of the Royal Mint. The Perth Mint piece can be differentiated from the Melbourne piece as it features a dot between 'KG' - the designers initials, which are located on the right of the reverse. Only 1,113,600 pieces were struck at the Perth Mint which is the second lowest mintage of all George VI Pennies. As a result the type is a semi-key date with high values across all grades. In mint-state the type ...
? In 1952 the Malaya and British Borneo dollar was established for use in Singapore, the Federation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak with coins first issued in 1953. The Ten Cent continued with an only slightly updated design when compared with the first ten cent coin in 1871. The reverse features the new legend of MALAYA AND BRITISH BORNEO around an inner circle with 10 CENTS inside. The obverse features the young head effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the legend, QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND.The ...
? In 1916 the Calcutta mint produced half pennies for Australia as neither the Sydney, Melbourne nor Perth mints were prepared to produce bronze coins. A very small number of 1916 half pennies were mistakenly struck with the obverse of an Indian one quarter anna though this was not discovered until June 1965 when Cecil Poole found one in Adelaide. The type of error is called a mule. The half penny mule can be identified by the lack of pearls in the crown of George V and an Elephant on the shoulder ...
? Unlike other denominations, the sixpence kept the Blakemore reverse in 1938, but after the coronation of King George VI in 1937 the obverse changed to feature uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left and the legend, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP which was used up until 1948 then changed because of the independence of India. Date set collectors will have no problems completing the series with the key dates, the 1939 and 1940 being readily available in ...
? 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 . ...
