? The Kangaroo design continued into this type, however, after the independence of India in late 1947, IND IMP needed to be omitted from the obverse legend; this did not occur until 1949. The obverse still features an uncrowned bust of King George VI facing to the left with the modified legend GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX FIDEI DEF. and was used up until the end of George VI's reign in 1952. The series is relatively easy to complete, however, the Perth mint issues, the 1950-Y, ...
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? The George V sovereign series was struck from 1911 to 1931 with the design changing from 1928 to 1929 with the two types being known as the Large Head and Small Head design respectively. Large Head Design Small Head Design The issue was struck in Australia at the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth mints up to 1926 and only the Melbourne and Perth mints thereafter. The mint of manufacture can be determined by the letter S, M or P on the exergue ...
? The 1939 kangaroo reverse half penny formed the latter half of the 1939 issue after the old reverse issue. It is by far the scarcer issue with a mintage of just 782,000 but as it was the first issue of this new design it was subject to hoarding resulting in an above average survival rate in mint state. Consequently the coin is quite a bit easier to acquire in higher grades than the 1939 old reverse but commands stronger prices nonetheless due to the perceived rarity from its low ...
? The Paralympic Five Dollar bronze coin was released on Wednesday 23rd August, 2000 by the Royal Australian Mint and The Perth Mint to represent the forthcoming Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000. The reverse of the coin, designed by Stuart Devlin has a modern design showing an artist's representation of an athlete in a wheel chair racing around an athletics track. Included at the top of the design is the official Sydney 2000 Paralympics logo with the coloured emblem signifying the Olympics. It ...