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National Trust 1970 Captain Cook Medal

Posted on December 3, 2015 by kdh

The National Trust 1970 Captain Cook Medallion commemorates the bicentenary of Captain Cook’s journey navigating the east coast of Australia in 1770 and pays tribute to Cook’s great navigation ability. It was produced for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)…

Posted in Medals

1964y Halfpenny Late State Brockage Error

Posted on November 30, 2015 by kdh

We came across this halfpenny error coin and though we’d share the fascinating process of determining more about this coin. At first glance it looks like a Queen Elizabeth pre-decimal coin around the halfpenny size. Weighing in at 5.49g it’s…

Posted in Error Coins

Collecting the Dollar Coin From 1984 to 2015

Posted on November 7, 2015 by kdh

Collecting the Australian dollar coin used to be a well loved pastime but in recent years the scale of collecting these has become such a chore that it’s no longer enjoyable -for this collector at least. Thirty years of the…

Posted in Collecting Coins

South Australian Stamp Duty Die 1 1/2d 1939-1953

Posted on November 6, 2015 by kdh

The South Australian government collected stamp duty on cheques from 1886 to 2004 and during that time both adhesive and embossing stamps were used to determine when that duty had been paid. The stamp duty rate was increased to 1…

Posted in Collectables and Ephemera

2015 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia

Posted on October 25, 2015 by kdh

The Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia Inc. took place in Adelaide over the weekend of 23-25th October 2015. Held every 2 years the conference was a chance for dedicated numismatists and interested collectors to meet up…

Posted in Coin News

What if the Dollar Wasn’t a Dollar? We nearly had a Royal!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by kdh

In the news recently has been funny suggestions of what we should change our dollar to. From “Dollarydoos” to “Straya Cash” it’s all in jest but what if our dollar wasn’t called a dollar? Coming up to 50 years since…

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

1966 Decimal Currency Changeover Coin Display Board

Posted on October 11, 2015 by kdh

At the changeover to decimal currency on February 14th 1966 the Decimal Currency Board provided all sorts of advertising and educational information to people, banks, businesses about how to cope with and use the new currency to ensure a smooth…

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

2015 Commonwealths Longest Reigning Monarch Commemorative Coin Design

Posted on September 2, 2015 by kdh

September ninth brings a special milestone in the history of the British monarchy. On this date Queen Elizabeth II will surpass Queen Victoria as the longest reigning monarch of 63 years and 216 days. As part of the British Commonwealth…

Posted in Coin News, Collecting Coins

2015 Sydney Netball World Cup S Counterstamp Error

Posted on September 1, 2015 by kdh

A Blog reader emailed us after reading our article about the quality of the S counterstamp Netball 20c coins. He explained he obtained two coins both depicting the lustre break at the base of the Queen’s neck and the strike…

Posted in Error Coins

Million Numbered Banknotes

Posted on July 29, 2015 by kdh

Between 1913 and 1971 each Australian banknote prefix had a maximum of one million notes printed. These started at XX 000001 and in a complete serial run ended at the millionth note XX 1000000. Not all serial numbers however had…

Posted in Banknotes

Blog Archives

National Trust 1970 Captain Cook Medal

1964y Halfpenny Late State Brockage Error

Collecting the Dollar Coin From 1984 to 2015

South Australian Stamp Duty Die 1 1/2d 1939-1953

2015 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia

What if the Dollar Wasn’t a Dollar? We nearly had a Royal!

1966 Decimal Currency Changeover Coin Display Board

2015 Commonwealths Longest Reigning Monarch Commemorative Coin Design

2015 Sydney Netball World Cup S Counterstamp Error

Million Numbered Banknotes

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