newp Australian florin
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Won this coin from Australia. The picture is of the seller's.
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CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
The 1927 Parliment House Florin was released to Commemorate the Opening of Partliment House in Canberra, before that they sat in the Exhibition Building in Melbourne and is Australia's first commemorative coin.
George Kruger-Grey who designed the reverse of Australian coins from 1938 to 1964 is responsible for this one as well, it is often called his most delicate work.
Although this coin has a low mintage by most world standards, and the "plain" coin from 1927 had a much higher mintage, these seem to trigger a "bowerbird instinct" and most of them survive today, unlike the "plain" one which is very hard to come by.
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Looks like a good one !!!
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Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
Shep
That portrait of George V is the only coin it was ever used on, though it looks similar to E. B. McKennel's portrait of the king used on many commonwealth coins.
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