The 1933
proof
or
specimen
florin was produced as a representation piece by the Royal mint
Melbourne after the production run was complete by pairing an obverse
working
die
with a used reverse working
die
. Both
dies
were polished before production to produce mirror fields
on the end product, but they are certainly not up to the standards of typical Melbourne
mint
proof
strikes. Consequently the coin can be characterized by a worn reverse
strike particularly evident on the star and emu, similar to the 1933
specimen
shilling.
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