? The wheat stalks design continued into this type right until the conclusion of the threepence series in 1964. This type features a slightly reworded obverse legend, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D , after public outcry that the previous type omitted FIDEI DEF . All dates in the series are easy to acquire in mint state, though the 1956 is quite scarce and underrated. Most dates other than the 1956 are relatively easy to acquire up to MS66 due to nice surfaces owing to the small size ...
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? In 1915 the Australian Commonwealth Shilling was produced at both the Royal Mint in London and the private Mint of Heaton & Sons in Birmingham. It was necessary to employ Heaton & Sons as the Royal Mint was temporarily refocused on the production of military materials for the war effort. The Royal Mint produced a total of 800,000 pieces and the private mint produced 500,000. The Shillings produced at the latter were struck with a small 'H' mint-mark on the reverse below the date . ...
? In 1800 New South Wales Governor Philip King made a proclamation in which he listed ten coins as legal tender in the colony. One of the pieces listed was the Spanish Silver Dollar which was an extremely well-known coin used throughout the world. The Royal Australian Mint has commemorated the importance of the Spanish Silver Dollar in Australian numismatic history with the release of this one dollar piece. The reverse features the design of a 1758 Spanish silver dollar which was also known ...