A particular type of coin variety is the overdate. Put simply an overdate is a coin struck from a die that has a trace remnant of a previous years numeral in the date. Among Australian copper and silver Commonwealth coinage…

Third party graded coins are proving increasingly popular with collectors, particularly those graded by PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service). For a fee they will grade your coin on the Sheldon scale of 1-70, with 70 being the highest grade achievable.…

The Royal Australian Mint has released a special coin collection distributing the coin set and coloured circulation coins through Woolworths supermarkets. The collection celebrates Australia’s most popular childrens book “Possum Magic” that has sold over 3 million copies since it…

Collectors, if you missed the made-to-order sets of the special 2016 coins minted to commemorate the Queen’s 90th birthday then here’s another chance to secure these coins in a sneaky release from Australia Post. Keen Canberra Mint (RAM) customers eagerly…

Many years ago I began a collection of Australian 1 dollar coins. The iconic 5 kangaroo design dollar coin by Stuart Devlin caught my eye and those aluminium bronze coins gradually amassed in one place, they looked stunning in 2×2’s…

The Australian 20 cent coin was first minted in 1966 and in it’s more than 50 year history there are some rare Australian 20 cent coins that are sought after by collectors. In this article we’ll talk about the 4…

There are many Australian decimal coins which are rare and scarce. Often it can be harder to find certain coins in circulation because for a particular year that denomination was low mintage. Examples of these are: 1968 5 cent 1972…