? The Sydney 2000 Olympics Five Dollar 'Immigrants' Silver Coin is part of a collection containing 16 pieces. It was struck in sterling silver and were designed to represent both Australia's cultural history and environment. The set comprises of Festival of the Dreaming, Kangaroo, Early Settlement, Great White Shark, Immigrants, Frilled Neck Lizard, Commerce, Emu, Sports and the Arts, Koala, Sydney Harbour, Platypus, Opera House, Echidna, Air and Kookaburra. They are all in a Five Dollar denomination. ...
? The first official currency of New South Wales began in 1813 when Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered a hole be punched through 40,000 Spanish dollars. The holey dollar was given a value of five shillings while the punched 'dump' was worth one shilling and three pence. 190 years since this significant moment in Australian numismatic history has been commemorated by the Royal Australian mint with the release of this One Dollar piece. The reverse features the design found ...
? This is the second silver proof coin from a commemorative set called the Australian Landmark series and it celebrates the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The series was released in three stages with 6 coins altogether released in pairs according to three themes between the years of 1997-1999. The three themes were Sydney, Melbourne and the Snowy Mountains. This particular coin is of course taken from the Sydney theme issued in 1997, in which it was paired with a coin commemorating ...
? In 1934 the Malay Commissioners of Currency was formed in order to provide a single economic unit for the Straits Settlements guaranteed by the Malayan Governments. Coins were first produced for the Commission in 1939 with the five cent first struck that year bearing a similar design to the previous Straits' pieces. The reverse features a double inner circle with 5 CENTS in the middle and the legend, COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY MALAYA.The series is relatively easy to complete with all dates being ...
? The 1961 Perth mint half penny, like other Perth mint issues in the series comes in a salmon pink colour or a chocolate brown colour and is typically plagued by impaired dies and as such is difficult to source in the upper mint state grades. The coin typically tones olive or a red brick colour, which should not be confused with original mint brilliance. A cylindrical punch with an inverted impression of a coin's design used to strike the coin