Archive for the ‘AUSTRALIA’ Category

20 CENTS  (KM# 745)

Weight: 11.3000 g.
Alloy: Copper-Nickel
Diameter: 28.52 mm
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Obv: Head right
Obv. Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Rev: Soldier with wife and child
Rev. Designer: Vladimir Gottwald
Edge: Reeded

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 2005B 33,500,000 - - - 1.50 2.00

50 CENTS  (KM# 99)

Weight: 15.5500 g.
Alloy: Copper-Nickel
Diameter: 31.5 mm
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Subject: Australian Bicentennial
Obv: Crowned head right
Rev: Ship sailing towards gridmarked map of Australia, compass at upper center
Rev. Leg.: AUSTRALIA – 1788-1988

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1988 8,100,000 - - - 5.00 6.00

FLORIN  (KM# 55)

Weight: 11.3100 g.
Alloy: 0.5000 Silver 0.1818 oz. ASW
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Subject: Royal Visit
Obv: Laureate bust right
Rev: Lion and kangaroo facing right

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1954(m) 4,000,000 - - 4.00 17.00 22.50

FLORIN  (KM# 47)

Weight: 11.3100 g.
Alloy: 0.5000 Silver 0.1818 oz. ASW
Diameter: 28.5 mm
Ruler: George VI
Subject: 50th Year Jubilee
Obv: Head left
Rev: Crowned crossed scepter and sword divide Jubilee dates
Edge: Reeded

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1951(m) 2,000,000 - BV 4.00 17.00 25.00

10 CENTS
5.6500 g., Copper-Nickel, 23.6 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv: Young bust right Rev: Superb Lyre-bird Note: For 1966 dated examples, 11 spikes on the left Lyre-bird indicates a strike from Canberra, 12 spikes indicate a London strike.

2 CENTS  (KM# 63)

Weight: 5.2000 g.
Alloy: Bronze
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Obv: Young bust right
Rev: Frill-necked Lizard

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1966(c) 145,226,000 - - - 0.65 1.00

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5 CENTS
2.8000 g., Copper-Nickel, 19.4 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv: Young bust right Rev: Short-beaked Spiny Anteater Note: For 1966 dated examples, the length of the whisker on top of the forward-most claw at left will indicate the mint: Canberra (less than .5mm) or London (greater than .6mm).

CENT
2.6000 g., Bronze, 17.51 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv: Young bust right Rev: Feather-tailed Glider Edge: Plain

PENNY
9.4500 g., Bronze, 30.5 mm. Ruler: Elizabeth II Obv: Laureate
bust right Obv. Leg.: F:D: added Rev: Kangaroo leaping left
Edge: Plain

   The Commonwealth of Australia, the smallest continent in the world, is located south of Indonesia between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It has an area of 2,967,893 sq. mi. (7,686,850 sq. km.) and an estimated population of 18.84 million. Capital: Canberra. Due to its early and sustained isolation, Australia is the habitat of such curious and unique fauna as the kangaroo, koala, platypus, wombat, echidna and frilled-necked lizard. Read the rest of this entry »