Australia and Australian Florins categories, listed in date order.
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2022 (8)
When were American whalers actively visiting Australia ?
Consideration of the types of US coins that formed part of Australia’s early currency, sourced via the whaling industry.
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Australia KGV florins…the obverse
Photographs of Australian florin coin obverses showing different grades, aVG through to Unc.
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Australia KGV florins…the reverse
Photographs of Australian florin coin reverses showing different grades, aVG through to Unc.
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Taking a closer look: Unc 1928 Aus florin…
Discussion with photos of grading a standard strike Australian predecimal silver 1928 florin in ‘uncirculated’ condition.
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Avoiding fake silver coins : R&D provides answers
An overview of some research establishing how much coins wear down during circulation; how this helps to authenticate genuine rare coins, eg 1932 Aus florins
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Searching for a gem – QEII florin hopefuls…
Things to consider when hunting for very high grade Australian QEII predecimal silver florins – a story with plenty of photos (includes a pcgs MS64 coin)
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Wide World of Silver Crowns
A brief overview of world silver crowns with plenty of photos…
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2021 (10)
Capturing the toning…top shelf 1913 Aussie florin
Photo sequence/discussion on taking accurate shots of an Australian predecimal silver 1913 florin in high grade with attractive, strong sepia toning.
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Price Guide 2021 – a smattering of Australian & World Silver Coins
Tables of 2021 sales results for silver coins including Australian predecimal florins…
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Price point – best 4 Aussie florins for around $100
Using a popular coin pricing guide, what’s going in Australian predecimal silver florins for about $100?
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Indian rupee – the ‘Company rupee’
Photos of East India Co 1835 rupee used in early Australian currency (inc supporting research article reference)
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Taking a closer look at a standard 1927 Aussie florin…
Discussion with photos of a standard strike Australian predecimal silver 1927 florin in quite high grade.
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A Dutch gilder 2/-
An 18th century (1763) Dutch silver coin type that formed part of Australia’s early currency.
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Which are the most valuable Australian Florins?
Ideas on deciding pre 1946 Australian florin values; top 10 rarest and most expensive florins; 3rd party grading services.
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Aussie Florin ‘made in the USA’
Australia Florin KGVI 1942s, KM# 40 During WWII the “good ol’ US of A” minted currency for quite a few different countries and one of those…
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Photography – getting the lustre on a coin right
It’s always an issue when presenting coins online via photos as to how to realistically represent the lustre. You can easily overdo it by blowing the…
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2020 (9)
1887 Double Florin
Date Varieties Following up on this earlier post, today we checkout the difference in the dates between the two coins. The two types are respectively, ‘Roman…
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Coin Grade Ch Unc MS 64 in late Australian Florins
In the end grading is a personal preference although there are resources available so that everyone can get a fair idea of just about any coin’s…
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1932 Florins – interesting recent price action
Australia Florin KGV 1932 – KM# 27 The scarcest Australian florin There’s no doubting that the 1932 is the toughest date of all the Australian florins…
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Standard 1927… slabbed
More often than not when you come across a group of 1927 florins up for sale, what’s on offer is Australia’s first commemorative florin (KM# 31),…
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Raw Coin: Standard 1928 Australian florin in F
This appears to me as one of the unloved KGV Australian florins, which means it should be gettable in EF but I haven’t actually seen any…
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‘True Blue’ -1910s KGV florins
Australia Florin KGV 1916m – 1919m KM# 27 Arguably these are the first fair dinkum Aussie florins, minted in Melbourne and marked with a tiny “M”…
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1930s KGVI Aussie florins
Australia Florin KGVI 1939 KM# 40 There were only two Australian florins with the KGVI obverse which made it into general circulation, the 1938 and the…
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Double florin definitely Aussie!
Solid evidence for the inclusion of UK double florin silver coins in early Australian currency (pre 1910) inc photos of 2 types (Roman vs Arabic 1…
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A ‘back of the envelope’ quick and dirty comparison of estimated ask prices over the period 2013 – 2019 highlights that three coins in particular not…
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2018 (2)
Coin photos – “true to life…”
When it comes to coins you want your photos to be as close to how they look in real life as possible. Not so easy with…
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Grading Australian Florins
So how would you grade this coin ? It’s a cracker, isn’t it – I can’t remember seeing…
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