?Image from: A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd . Very Nice Victoria 1842 Sovereign with Open 2. 'Auction 79 8 May 2013'. Retrieved from https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=452&lot=971
? The Sydney mint reverted to the Imperial St George and Shield designs in 1871 with the Shield design intended for export to other colonies. The first St George design depicts Pistrucci's St George slaying the dragon with his designer's initials B.P. in large characters on the right below the exergue. The design would only last for half a year with the Sydney mint switching to a small B.P. design later in the year making the large BP scarce. Large BP ...
? In addition to striking the new Kruger Gray designs, an interesting numismatic development started to unfold. The Melbourne mint was to strike proof coins for all denominations, available directly to collectors at one shilling above face value , starting in 1937 with the crown or five shillings piece. This was to continue into 1938 but was scrapped in 1939 with only the half penny being struck for the public that year due to the financial stress of the outbreak of World ...
? Despite one bank roll surfacing of 40 mint state 1950 shillings, the date is surprisingly difficult to source with fewer than 10 MS64 or higher market appearances per year. The typical range of mint state coins from the roll range from MS63 to MS64 with three MS65 examples known .
? The Canberra Florin was released in 1927 to commemorate the opening of the now, Old Parliament House. The simple design was completed by renowned numismatic artist George Kruger Gray who was a 'preferred contractor' of the Royal Mint. The London branch of the mint then created the dies which were finally approved by the Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. A total of 2,000,000 pieces were produced at the Melbourne Mint and are considered to be some of Australia's ...
