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 Australian certified coins sold in 2023

    Top 10 Australian certified coins sold in 2023

  • R. Parker - Ironmonger - Geelong - Identification Guide

    R. Parker - Ironmonger - Geelong - Identification Guide

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

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

  • Rarest and most valuable Australian decimal banknotes

    Rarest and most valuable Australian decimal banknotes

Coins and Australia is 2,782 coins, 960 banknotes, 744 tokens, 1,982 errors and varieties, 175 articles and much more!

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May 8, 2024

Pre-decimal banknotes price guide and values

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.

May 4, 2024

Australia Ten cent - 1966 to 2023 - Price Guide

10 cents 1966 to 2023 - Price Guide and values

Ten cent Australian coins showing an Lyrebird on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on February 14, 1966. Lyrebirds are most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment, and the striking beauty of the male bird's huge tail when it is fanned out in courtship display. Lyrebirds have unique plumes of neutral-coloured tailfeathers and are among Australia's best-known native birds.

May 1, 2024

Australia Five cent - 1966 to 2024 - Price Guide

5 cents 1966 to 2024 - Price Guide and values

Five cent Australian coins showing an Echidna on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on February 14, 1966. Also called spiny anteaters, echidnas are the only living mammals that lay eggs and live in Australia and New Guinea. The echidnas are named after Echidna, a creature from Greek mythology who was half-woman, half-snake, as the animal was perceived to have qualities of both mammals and reptiles.

May 1, 2024

One hundred dollars 2019 to 2023 - Price guide and values

100 dollars 2019 to 2023 banknotes - Price guide and values

The new $100 banknote completes the Next Generation Banknote series. It celebrates Sir John Monash, an engineer, soldier and civic leader and Dame Nellie Melba, an internationally renowned soprano. The $100 banknote was first released into general circulation in late 2020.

April 30, 2024

Two cent - 1966 to 2018 - Price Guide

2 cents 1966 to 2018 - Price Guide and values

Two cent Australian coins produced since 1964 by the Royal Australian Mint and it's branches, and by the Royal Mint were first released in circulation on February, 1966. The cessation of issue of two cent coins was announced on August 21, 1990. They still continue to be legal tender and can ben used to purchase goods or deposited at a financial institution even if they were withdrawn from circulation commencing in February 1992.

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