? 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 Millennium celebrations were of a magnitude that world had never seen before. To commemorate this remarkable event, the RAM issued a commemorative fifty cent coin. During that year the Royal Australian mint issued two commemorative fifty cent pieces. One commemorating HM Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Australia, and the second, this coin commemorating the year 2000. The piece was issued as a coloured proof strike with the flag painted on a flat surface and as a regularly ...
? This 2014 Flying Corps piece is part of the Australia at War collection. The reverse features an artists impression of a photograph housed as the Australian War Memorial. The image includes a group of five Australian Flying Corp Officers in front of an Arvo 504K biplane. The reverse text states
? The 2000 mule dollar was an error coin in which the coin was struck with the obverse die of a ten cent which is slightly smaller than a one dollar die thus producing a double rim on the obverse. Glossary reverse: The tails side of the coin
? King Edward VII ascended to the British throne in 1901 but it was not until 1902 that sovereigns were struck bearing his bust. Sovereigns were struck at all Australian branches of the Royal mint throughout his reign up until his death in 1910. Mintages throughout the period were generally high but a combination of the rough handling process at the mint and between banks, and the natural softness of gold, ensured that higher mint state examples have become virtually ...