? Between 2008 and 2013 the Royal Australian Mint produced a series of one dollar coins that commemorated the contributions made by a number of inspirational Australians. This piece celebrates the life of television personality and zookeeper Steve Irwin. The reverse was designed by Vladimir Gottwald and features a portrait of Irwin surrounded by a Koala, Crocodile, Snake, and Tortoise. The legend states
? The Royal Australian Mint has produced a silver kangaroo piece every year since 1993. This piece was designed by W. Pietranik and features a Mareeba Rock-wallaby. The reverse legend states
? The 1944-S Threepence was struck by the San Francisco Mint with a total mintage of 32,000,000. San Francisco was the only mint to produce Australian Threepence in this year, unlike the previous two years which were also struck in Denver and Melbourne. The piece features a small 'S' mint-mark under the right-most ribbon on the reverse. This type is very affordable into mint-state with MS65 examples generally available below $100 but anything graded higher can prove quite challenging. ...
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? The Little Dinkums coin collection lovingly celebrates Australia's favourite creatures. The Royal Australian Mint had commissioned artist Ben Hutchings to design six characters for a coin collection named Little Dinkums. They were Petey Platypus, Kip Koala, Kato Cockatoo, Tinga the Tasmanian Tiger, LilyPilly Lizard and finally Binny Bilby. This coin was struck in Gold at a size of just 14mm. The reverse of this coin, designed by the Royal Australian Mint has the cartoon character Tinga the ...