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February 9, 2025
10 shillings 1913 to 1938 banknotes - Price guide and values
Approximately 502,667 of the 1913-1914 ten shilling note were printed. Following the detection of forgeries of this note, the design was changed in 1915. This smaller note, designed and printed by Thomas S. Harrison, was introduced to improve production efficiency. Six notes could be printed per sheet instead of the previous four. Following complaints that the smaller 10 shilling note introduced in 1933 could be mistaken for a ten pound note, the words TEN SHILLINGS were added on three of the borders.
February 7, 2025
Sovereign 1855 to 1887 - Price Guide and values
By the mid-1850's the Government decided that it was about time that an official mint should be set up to convert the plentiful gold stocks into coins of the realm. The first Sydney Mint sovereigns were unique in the history of the British Empire. In a situation which has not been repeated since, the coins carried a design which was completely different from that of the standard British issue.
February 6, 2025
50 cents 1966 to 2025 - Price Guide and values
Fifty cent Australian coins showing the Commonwealth Coat of Arms on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on February 14, 1966. First ones made in silver, a new shape and alloy was reintroduced into circulation in September, 1969 because silver price rose above the face value and to help solve the confusion with the twenty cents.
February 4, 2025
New Zealand Half Crown 1933 to 1965 - Price Guide and values
The design on reverse shows the New Zealand coat of arms within Mãori ornamental design. The New Zealand coat of arms, adopted in 1911 and revised in 1956, identifies New Zealand as a bicultural country, with a European female figure on one side and a Mãori rangatira (chief) on the other. The symbols on the central shield represent New Zealand’s trade, agriculture and industry.
February 2, 2025
2006-07 Ashes Series and Australian Coins
The Royal Australian Mint has produced a coin range commemorating this summer's 3 mobile Ashes Series, that includes a $10 gold proof coin, $5 silver proof coin and a $1 uncirculated coin, which feature the famous Ashes urn flanked by the Australian kangaroo and English lion, two iconic symbols of both countries.