I haven't looked too closely at the whole series but besides the 1874 sixpence, I got the impression that most pre-1860 were pretty uncommon in...
Is that from a book?
I remember seeing a few half-decent 1882 shillings (not uncirculated but not worn flat) for sale a few years ago - maybe someone found a small hoard?
Why do some of the modern coins not show the Queen on the obverse?
I haven't looked a recent Krause in a while but I understand Numista is a community effort, so sections which are quite unloved in Krause and...
Die clash and slightly off centre strike?
Oh yes, I remember seeing reference to that - apparently it's mentioned in the 1998 CoinCraft - does anyone have a copy? I can't see any other...
It looks like there were a number of mules struck at the Royal Mint during the 1960s: 1965 New Zealand halfpenny with Great Britain obverse (one...
I haven't seen any Cook Islands gold for sale before, no, though I tend to look more for the circulating stuff. I've seen a few Solomon Islands...
Not sure - I'm guessing a circulating example but maybe not? Agreed - I thought only the threepence and sixpence were struck with both alloys,...
Nice find. Definitely looks like a matte from the obverse photo
Many thanks. Out of curiosity, why were examples given to Wood's widow? Did he die part-way through the process?
Is it uniface? I tried to find it on the NGC website but I don't see it at...
Nice. What's the slab number?
The cents and half cents of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. I think I got most of the common date cents but just moved on to other stuff.
I think there were some recent articles about later Sydney Mint sovereigns being slightly underweight at times - in later years it certainly...
That was quick. It was from photos too rather than sitting (which I think was the case for all previous portraits).
Mintmarks weren't used on Australian coins from 1922 to 1939 regardkess of where they were struck.
Where are the images from?
It was struck at the Melbourne Mint in Melbourne.
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