? The Type III one dollar coin was first issued in 2000 and continues to be issued today. It features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and Stuart Devlin's iconic 'Mob of Roos' design on the reverse. Glossary reverse: The tails side of the coin obverse: The heads side of the coin
? The 1859/8 overdate half sovereign is one of the lesser known overdates despite the clarity of the 9 over the 8. This is likely due to its scarcity rather than anything else giving it the potential to be one of the series sleeper dates. An example sold in Heritage in 2012 for US$10,925 - a price not more than the value of a normal 1859 indicating that at the time, the market had not fully appreciated the variety. This example had been certified ...
? This Olympic Judo commemorative coin was part of a set released following the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. They depict 28 forms of Olympic sports. It had a Raphael Maklouf design on the obverse with a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, right-facing, crowned with necklace and earrings. It also contained the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000. The reverse shows an action shot of two Judo athletes in the process of a throw. It also contained the official Sydney Olympics logo in ...
? The 1911 Shilling was the first year of the George V shilling series and was struck at the Royal Mint in London to a mintage of 1,700,000. This relatively low mintage for a first of series makes it a difficult coin to acquire in any grade. The average example of the date grades betweenG and VG and obtaining examples beyond this is particularlychallenging. No significant hoards of 1911 shillings surfaced though some mint-state examples are known. ...
? The Millennium celebrations were of a magnitude that world had never seen before. To commemorate this remarkable event, the RAM issued a commemorative fifty cent coin. During that year the Royal Australian mint issued two commemorative fifty cent pieces. One commemorating HM Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Australia, and the second, this coin commemorating the year 2000. The piece was issued as a coloured proof strike with the flag painted on a flat surface and as a regularly ...