Rare Pre-Decimal Coins
Rare Pre-Decimal Coins
1852 Adelaide Assay Office Gold Electrotype nEF
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The Adelaide Assay Office was established in 1852 to convert miners gold into a form of currency. Gold ingots and coins were struck as an emergency issue which was not given Royal assent by t...
1852 Adelaide Pound Type II Lustrous UNC
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Australia's First Legal Tender Gold Coin
During the gold rush of the mid 1800's thousands of men left South Australia in search of their fortune in the gold fields of Victoria taking with th...
1852 Adelaide Pound Type II VG
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Australia's First Legal Tender Gold Coin
During the gold rush of the mid 1800's thousands of men left South Australia in search of their fortune in the gold fields of Victoria taking with th...
1919-1921 Kookaburra Trial Penny
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When the Australian Government was considering the replacement of the large bronze halfpennies and pennies in 1919 with a smaller lighter coinage the branch of the Royal Mint in Melbourne str...
1951 PL Threepence & Sixpence Proof Pair
In 1951 the Royal Mint in London were commissioned to strike a portion of Australia's circulating silver coinage. Following normal tradition the Royal Mint struck a very small quantity of each de...
Australia (1853) Port Phillip Pattern 1oz Restrike
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Struck from original dies by Stokes Melbourne around 1917 this Australian Port Phillip Kangaroo Office £4 one ounce of pure Australian gold restrike in gilt bronze is dated 1853.
It has a 2...
Australia (1939-45) Internment Camps 5 Shillings VF+
Struck for use in Australia and New Zealand during World War II these Internment Camps copper five shillings were introduced for use solely in the camps in place of the standard circulating Aust...
Australia 1916I Penny Specimen
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The Australian 1916 bronze halfpennies and pennies were struck at the Calcutta Mint in India. Australia was in the midst of the First World War so our lowest denomination coins were struck of...
Australia 1927 Parliament House Florin Proof
Struck by the Melbourne Mint, Victoria for the opening of Parliament House in Canberra by the Duke and Duchess of York, this silver one florin (two shillings or two bob) had a circulating mintage o...
Australia 1930 Penny FINE+
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Although not the rarest Australian coin the 1930 Penny is the most sought after for completing pre-decimal sets with only around 1500 examples known to exist. No Pennies were ordered by the F...
Australia 1930 Penny Indian Die PCGS XF40
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Although not the rarest Australian coin the 1930 Penny is the most sought after for completing pre-decimal sets with only around 1500 examples known to exist. No Pennies were ordered by the ...
Australia 1930 Penny nVF/VF PCGS VF35
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The majority of coin collectors and beginners know that the most sought after coin in the Australian series is the 1930 Penny.
Struck by the Melbourne Mint this Australian 1930 One Penny has...
Australia 1930 Penny Poor
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Although not the rarest Australian numismatic item the 1930 penny is the key coin to obtaining a full date set of Australian pre-decimal issues. The level of publicity associated with this po...
New South Wales 1813 Colonial Dump A1 Type VG
NSW 1813 Dump (Fifteen Pence) - A/1 Type
The Holey Dollar and Dump are the only Australian coins which have had their ‘legal tender’ status removed or been ‘demonetised’.
Of the 40 000 original Sp...
New South Wales 1813 Fifteen Pence (Dump) D/2 VG/Fair
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Type D/2 Reverse smooth scratches & holed VG/Fair
Governor Lachlan Macquarie gave the task of re-minting 40 000 Spanish/ American Silver Dollars to convicted forger William Henshall. Hens...
New South Wales 1813 Fifteen Pence (Dump) E/3 nFINE
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Type E/3 most details clear on both obverse and reverse.
Governor Lachlan Macquarie gave the task of re-minting 40 000 Spanish/ American Silver Dollars to convicted forger William H...
NSW 5 Shillings (Holey Dollar) on Charles IIII Mexico City Mint 1792 VF
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Of the 300+ Holey Dollars that are known to exist approximately eight of those survived with the date of 1792 struck on a Mexico City Mint Eight Reales of King Charles IIII. Even though eve...
The World of the Holey Dollar - Phillip Spalding
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Published in 1973 The World of the Holey Dollar was authored by renowned Australian Holey Dollar collector Phillip Spalding.
Spalding acquired one of the largest private collections of Holey...
