The 60th Anniversary of Decimal Currency!
Symbolising the greatest change in our monetary history, February the 14th 1966 saw the formal introduction of decimal currency in Australia. The remarkably complex system it replaced โ inherited from...
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The 60th Anniversary of Decimal Currency!
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The Story of the Centenary Florin: Australia's Second Commemorative Coin
Australiaโs second commemorative coinโฆ And one of our lowest mintage predecimal issues! One of the most important, most distinctive coinage issues in Australian history, the one-year-only 1934-35 Centenary Florin is...
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Treasures in your change: the 10c!
Treasures in your change โ the 10c! We have discussed before that there are some Australian coin denominations collectors tend to ignore โ the 5c, the $2 (up until relatively...
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Treasures in your change: The $2 coin!
Treasures in your change! The $2 coin!ย Once upon a time, the Australian $2 coin โ along with the 5c and 10c coins โ was almost entirely ignored by collectors....
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The humble 5c โ a potential treasure in your change!
The humble 5c โ a potential treasure in your change! The humble 5c โ Australiaโs lowest denomination, and a coin that now carries so little purchasing power that its very...
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How to Find Treasures in Your Change
What you should look out for! In the fields of art, literature and jewellery, for example, people think that great rarities and treasures are found only safely hidden away in...
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Treasures in Your Change: 20c What To Look For
The following was penned by Downies employee Jimmyโฆ Now, while you may have already seenย the informative infographicย we posted last week, and pictured to the right, this blog post will go...
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Collecting 2 Dollar Coins Made Easy
Do you have the 2012 Remembrance Day Colour $2 coin in your collection? Or maybe the 2013 Coronation Colour $2 coin, with its purple border and crown? What about the...
