Coins and Australia - Australian coins, banknotes, values, price guide, errors and varieties

  • Australian coins price guide, values, errors and varieties

    Find out how much your australian coins worth!

  • Top 10 most known and desirable australian modern errors and varieties

    Top 10 most known and desirable australian modern errors and varieties

  • Rarest and most valuable Australian decimal banknotes

    Rarest and most valuable Australian decimal banknotes

  • Top 10 most valuable and rare pre-decimal australian circulating coins

    Top 10 most valuable and rare pre-decimal australian circulating coins

  • Find the value of your australian decimal and pre-decimal banknotes!

    Find the value of your australian decimal and pre-decimal banknotes!

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September 29, 2023

New Guinea coins price guide and values - Pre-decimal coins

New Guinea coins price guide and values - Pre-decimal coins

The New Guinean pound was the currency of the Australian Territory of New Guinea between 1915 and 1966. No banknotes were ever issued and all denominations larger than one shilling were Australian currency. Production of New Guinea coins ceased until Papua New Guinea started minting its own currency in the 1970s.

September 29, 2023

Pre-decimal banknotes price guide and values

5 pound 1939 to 1966 banknotes - Prices guide and values

The death of King George VI belatedly led to the introduction of new designs for the five pound note. Arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin features on the front of the new note and a mural celebrating the produce of Australia's Primary Industry surrounding a central motif of Aboriginal artefacts appears on the back.

September 25, 2023

Australian pre-decimal banknotes price guide and values

5 pound 1913 to 1939 banknotes - Prices guide and values

This first Commonwealth of Australia five pound note featured the Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn, New South Wales on the back and a band of red across the top and bottom of the note. Approximately 11,290,400 five pound notes were printed between 1924 and 1927 with James Kell's signature, firstly as Chairman, Note Issue Department, and changing to Governor of the Commonwealth Bank in 1927. Approximately 20,338,000 five pound notes were printed between 1933 and 1939 featuring the Riddle/Sheehan signature combination.

September 21, 2023

Australia Two dollar - 1988 to 2023 - Price Guide

2 dollars 1988 to 2023 - Price Guide and values

Two dollar Australian coins showing an archetype of an Aboriginal tribal elder on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on June 20, 1988 to replace the two dollar note which had a short service life through high use. Numerous designers were invited to contribute designs for the two dollar coin based on a brief to include a representation of the head and shoulders of an Aboriginal Australian, the Southern Cross and Australian flora.

September 18, 2023

Plate Identification Letter Locations on Australian Banknotes

Plate Identification Letter Locations on Australian Banknotes

A Plate Identification Letter (PIL) is a very small letter found on each note of nearly all Paper Decimal notes issued. Although initially thought to be a security device, it seems tenable now that they were included to assist with quality control.

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