? The Hong Kong Twenty Cent coin issued during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II featured the Queens portrait by Raphael Maklouf on the obverse. The legend around the perimeter reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND. The reverse shows Chinese symbols of the denomination, date and country interspersed with the legend HONG KONG TWENTY CENTS. There was a proof coin struck in 1988. Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1842 following the First Opium War upon the Treaty of Nanjing. Prior to the war, China ...
? The Type I twenty cent was issued from 1966 to 1984 with an additional proof striking in silver in 2006 as part of the 40th anniversary of decimal coinage set. It features a platypus on the reverse and her majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse .The issue was struck at the Royal Australian Mint in all years with additional assistance provided by the Royal Mint London in 1966 to assist with the huge demand for new currency as a result of the vast amount of pre-decimal currency withdrawn. ...
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? The Sydney Mint struck 558,500 half sovereigns in 1863, the highest mintage of any Sydney Mint half sovereign but mint records indicate that none were struck in 1862 , despite half sovereigns dated 1862 certainly being known. It is most likely that many of the half sovereigns struck in 1863 were actually struck from 1862 dies which would seem to support the relative rarity of the 1863. The 1863 is probably the third or fourth scarcest date in the wreathed bust ...
? The commemorative appeal of the 1937 crown was lost when in 1938 the Melbourne mint continued the issue of the crown. A total of 101,600 crowns were minted that year and while many were preserved in top grades, a majority ended up lightly circulated with the average grade being similar to that of the 1937 ranging from XF to AU. The 1938 crown was plagued to an even greater degree by soft strikes despite the lower mintage which would indicate less overuse of dies . This, combined ...