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Yearly Archives: 2014

1959 Florin Emu Egg Variety

Posted on August 25, 2014 by kdh

The Australian 1959 florin depicts a difference on the reverse die that doesn’t appear on coins of any other year. This difference is the appearance of an egg between the two emu’s legs. It’s called an egg but look closer…

Posted in Collecting Coins

Stuart Devlin Silver Surprise Eggs

Posted on August 25, 2014 by kdh

Artist, sculptor and Master Silversmith Stuart Devlin is well known in Australia as the designer of our iconic decimal coins, the echidna on the 5 cent, the lyrebird on the 10 cent, the platypus on the 20 cent and the…

Posted in Collectables and Ephemera

2014 The Great War Limited Edition PNC with Great Britain 2 Pound Coin

Posted on August 15, 2014 by kdh

Remembering World War I which was known as The Great War up until World War II, 100 years ago. The Great War PNC marks the centenary of the outbreak of war and is limited to 2,500 individually numbered covers with…

Posted in Coin News, Collecting Coins

Australia 1943s Shilling S over D Variety

Posted on August 2, 2014 by kdh

The Australian 1943 shilling struck in San Francisco shows a distinctive S mintmark on the reverse and can be found with the variety seen above commonly known as the S over D variety. The only other Australian shilling struck in…

Posted in Collecting Coins, Error Coins

Australian 1966 Proof Set

Posted on July 26, 2014 by kdh

In July 1967 the Royal Australian Mint began testing the proof coin equipment to make the first decimal proof coins after catching up with all the new decimal circulating coin requirements for the country because of decimal changeover in February…

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Prince George 1st Birthday Coin

Posted on July 21, 2014 by kdh

Baby Prince George is celebrating his 1st birthday and for the occasion a commemorative £5 crown coin has been released by the Royal Mint in London. First born son of Prince William and Kate young HRH Prince George of Cambridge…

Posted in Coin News

Royal Australian Mint Medal c1970-1984 C R/7

Posted on July 16, 2014 by kdh

This medal is a collector and souvenir tourist piece struck by the Royal Australian Mint and sold in the Mint shop from 1970 to 1984 (after which the design was changed). It’s catalogued in the Carlisle reference book as R/7…

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Downies Australian Coin Auction #317

Posted on July 12, 2014 by msn

We were in Melbourne this last week for four days attending our first full Downies Coin Auction. We’ve visited Downies on many occasions before, attended auction viewings and other Australian public auctions but this was our first full auction attendance…

Posted in Coin News

2014 AIATSIS Circulation 50 Cent

Posted on July 5, 2014 by kdh

You will soon find a new circulation 50 cent in your change with the Royal Australian Mint this week releasing 2 million of the AIATSIS 50c coin celebrating 50 years of the institute dedicated to recognising and appreciating the values…

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Australian 2 Dollar Errors

Posted on July 3, 2014 by msn

One of the great features of our new blogging engine is the ability to have slideshows like the one above. This one shows four great errors of what is the “ugly duckling” of decimal coins, the $2 coin. The humble…

Posted in Error Coins

Yearly Archives: 2014

1959 Florin Emu Egg Variety

Stuart Devlin Silver Surprise Eggs

2014 The Great War Limited Edition PNC with Great Britain 2 Pound Coin

Australia 1943s Shilling S over D Variety

Australian 1966 Proof Set

Prince George 1st Birthday Coin

Royal Australian Mint Medal c1970-1984 C R/7

Downies Australian Coin Auction #317

2014 AIATSIS Circulation 50 Cent

Australian 2 Dollar Errors

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