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Australian 10 Dollar ($10) Silver Coins State Series 1985-1993

Posted on October 14, 2012 by kdh

The ten dollar State Series of silver coins issued by the Royal Australian Mint are very collectible coins not for their numismatic value but for their silver content! These coins simply don’t appeal to many collectors for their value as…

Australian Five Dollar Coins Value

Posted on March 8, 2012 by kdh

Update: Triangular 5 Dollar Parliament House Coin Released – in May 2013 the Royal Australian Mint released a $5 triangular silver proof coin celebrating the 25th anniversary of the opening of Parliament House. You can read more about it here.…

Operation Fastbuck -Delivering New Decimal Coins In 1966

Posted on July 26, 2011 by kdh

The delivery of new coins needed at the changeover from pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents for February 14th 1966 was given the name “Operation Fastbuck”. New coins had to be delivered to banks for the opening of…

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

Indent Error with Partial Brockage 50c

Posted on June 24, 2011 by kdh

This indent coin error has occurred when the previously struck 50c failed to exit the press cleanly and was jammed against the new blank when it was struck. This has left the impression and incuse (brockage) imprint of the coin…

Posted in Error Coins

Australian Indent Error with Partial Brockage

Posted on June 3, 2011 by kdh

This 1952a Australian penny was struck in Perth but there was a press malfunction during it’s minting. The coin struck prior to this coin had not exited the press completely before the new blank fell into place and was struck.This…

Posted in Error Coins

Foreign Planchet Error Coins

Posted on April 28, 2011 by kdh

This 1944s Australian shilling was struck in San Francisco USA (note the S mintmark) on an underweight planchet of 4.95g. Some Australian silver during WWII was struck in both San Francisco and Denver in the USA as demand for coinage…

Posted in Error Coins

The Clamshell Coin Error

Posted on March 30, 2011 by kdh

You often see flaws in the metal blanks used to strike coins but rarely do you see coins so obviously wrong as the clamshell error. These planchets contain lamination problems deep inside the metal which splits the 2 sides apart…

Posted in Error Coins

Sydney 2000 Olympic $5 Coin Athletics

Posted on March 23, 2011 by kdh

The above coin was issued in October 1997 in the first release of coins in a set of 28 in commemoration of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. These 28 five dollar coins were part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin…

Posted in Collecting Coins

1966 Mint Set The Fastbuck Wallet

Posted on March 21, 2011 by kdh

“Operation Fastbuck” was the name used for the safe delivery of decimal currency to the banks during the changeover from £/s/d to dollars and cents on February 14th 1966. 70 drivers were involved in the transfer of the new money…

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

Australian Coin Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II

Posted on February 5, 2011 by kdh

Princess Elizabeth was just 25 when she took to the throne to be Queen of England and the Commonwealth after the sudden untimely passing of her father King George VI. After her coronation in 1952 Australian coins began to bear…

Posted in Collecting Coins

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Australian 10 Dollar ($10) Silver Coins State Series 1985-1993

Australian Five Dollar Coins Value

Operation Fastbuck -Delivering New Decimal Coins In 1966

Indent Error with Partial Brockage 50c

Australian Indent Error with Partial Brockage

Foreign Planchet Error Coins

The Clamshell Coin Error

Sydney 2000 Olympic $5 Coin Athletics

1966 Mint Set The Fastbuck Wallet

Australian Coin Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II

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