The Canberra Mint is touring the country with the mobile coin press in celebration of 100 years of the Trans-Australian railway. At each location the RAM visits you will have the chance to swap real money from your pockets and…

The unveiling of a new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II for British coins was an important event held in London yesterday. Why is this important for us Aussie collectors? Well, it’s likely the new design will be rolled out across…

A recently published book on the Australian $2 coin called the The $2 Coin Book has included the unauthorised use of images from this website. On 22 August 2019 the following email was received from book author Roger McNeice addressed…

We are saddened to hear of the peaceful passing of the beloved designer Stuart Devlin whose designs adorn coins of many countries including many of those you have in your pocket or wallet right now. He’s the designer of the…

Those of you who entered the Royal Australian Mint ballot for the For Valour Victoria Cross Ten Dollar coin should now know if you were successful and hold the new release in your hand. If you weren’t successful then you…

Back in 2006 this site started out as an information site about Aussie threepences, hence the domain name www.australian-threepence.com. In 2007 it took a change in direction and became a blog about collecting Australian coins, collecting error coins, and about…

We’ve spent the whole day rolling out a new design for the blog as well as implementing an entirely new site engine. This will allow us to post bigger images, create new tools, and generally provide you with the coin…

The media and the public embraced our article from last week about the dollar coin you can find in your pocket that could be worth $1,000! This has sent people into a frenzy checking jars of coins, money boxes, spare…