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March 26, 2025
Shilling 1910 to 1936 - Price Guide and values
In 1910, the first distinctive Australian Commonwealth coins, struck at the Royal Mint in London, were introduced. It was a somewhat jinxed start for Australian currency. The range was incomplete as no pennies or halfpennies were struck. The first shipment, consisting exclusively of shillings, arrived on 1st March, 1910.
March 24, 2025
3 Pence 1953 to 1964 - Price Guide and values
Queen Elizabeth II first appeared in 1953 on our coinage following the death of her father in 1952. The rather engaging portrait of the young queen was designed by English sculptress, Mrs Mary Gillick, an ageing widow whose design was accepted as she celebrated her seventy-first birthday. The legend was also revised.
March 23, 2025
20 to 1000 Pounds banknotes - Price guide and values
All Commonwealth of Australia twenty pound notes feature timber cutters operating in 1895 on Bruni Island, Tasmania on the back. All Commonwealth of Australia fifty pound notes feature a mob of sheep at Bungaree Station, near Clare in South Australia in 1895 on the back. All issued Commonwealth of Australia one hundred pound notes feature the Upper Yarra River in Victoria and Leura Falls in New South Wales on the back. The thousand pound notes features a mob of sheep on the back, the same design used on the fifty pound note reverse.
March 22, 2025
3 Pence 1937 to 1952 - Price Guide and values
The U.S.A. mints at Denver and San Francisco came to the party, churning out over £6 million worth of florins, shillings, sixpences and threepences between 1942 and 1944. These coins carry either the mintmark 'D' or 'S' respectively. In 1945 and 1946, no threepence was produced.
March 21, 2025
Fiji 3 Pence and 6 Pence price guide and values
In 1934, Fijian coins were introduced. In 1942 and 1943, coins were produced at the San Francisco mint, resulting in brass ½ and 1 penny coins and 90% silver 6 pence, shilling and florin coins. In 1947, a nickel-brass dodecagonal 3 pence coin of identical size and shape to the corresponding sterling coin was finally introduced for the first time. Cupro-nickel replaced silver between 1953 and 1957.
