? Sir Henry Parkes of Coventry, England, was considered to be the Father of Australian Federation. Since his arrival in Sydney, Australia in 1839 he had immersed himself into politics and gained a reputation for being of great character and intellect. With this in mind, the Royal Australian Mint struck this commemorative one dollar in 1996 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his passing. The reverse shows a Wojciech Pietranik portrait of Sir Henry Parkes along with the legend ...
? The Type III twenty cent piece was put into circulation in 1999 and continues to be regularly issued today. It features the new Ian Rank-Broadly portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse with the same Stuart Devlin platypus design on the reverse . Devlin's initials can be found within a wave to the left of the platypus' foot and Rank-Broadly's initials are located below the the obverse portrait. A number of additional striketypes were issued along ...
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? The 1934-35 proof Melbourne Centenary refers to the 50 coins sold by the Melbourne mint to H. G. Williams as special strikes to be sold to the international market. The coin features a squared rim on the reverse with mirror surfaces on both faces. There were two and possibly a third die used to strike this issue so it is possible that more than 50 examples were struck, these may have later entered circulation. These coins were not originally sold as proof strikes with at least one client ...
? The 1952-A Half Penny was struck at the Perth mint with a total mintage of 1,831,680. The reverse of this piece features George Kruger Gray's iconic Kangaroo design and the obverse features Thomas H. Paget's effigy of HM King George VI. A small dot mint-mark is located on the reverse to the right of 'AUSTRALIA' . Despite the relatively low mintage the type is quite accessible into mint-state although it becomes relatively scarce and valuable at MS63. Perth ...