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Australian Coin Review

This is an index of issues of Australian Coin Review. It currently lists some of the more interesting articles that have appeared.

The Australian Coin Review was first issued in 1964 and in 2002 was incorporated into the Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine. In March 2023, after a brief hiatus, the Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine was relaunched as the Australian Coin Review. It is published 11 months a year and can be purchased online from here.




August 1976 (Volume 13 Number 2)
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Royal Mint Report 1973-1974 Royal Mint Annual Report
October 1976 (Volume 13 Number 4)
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Royal Australian Mint Eleventh Annual Report 1974-75
June 1978 (Volume 14 Number 12)
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The Mint Reports 1975-1976 Royal Mint Annual Report, 1975-1976 US Mint Annual Report, 1976 Royal Canadian Mint Annual Report
February 2000 (420)
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Trial of the Pyx
Pieces of Eight: Legendary Coins of the Caribbean Pirates
William Dartnell, VC - Australian Frontiersman
2000 Proof Sets Shortage
March 2000 (421)
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A Million to One Ten shilling note M000001
Leaden Footsteps in History Communion tokens
Signatures on Australian Notes
Curious, Unusual and Just Primitive Money
The Money Wars Indonesian Banknotes
Australian Argyrothecology XIII
March 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 1)
Title About Author
The Two Dollar Revolution Rise in interest in coloured $2 coins
Minted 2017 10 coin planetary set
Australia's 1930 Penny
Noteworld Indian banknotes past & present
A Paper Penny for your thoughts One penny and one cent banknotes
An objective look at the Kangaroo Office issues
Collins/Allen Survivors Survey of surviving Collins/Allen Australian predecimal banknotes
2022 CAB Index
April 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 2)
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The Two Dollar Revolution Toothfairy $2 coins
Baltimore's Silver "Necessaries" Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore's Mary Land coinage
Fanning's WWII Pounds Revisited Fanning Island one pound notes in World War II
Minted Royal Australian Mint Baby Sets
ACR Magazine History Revisited in 2023.
Noteworld American Civil War Paris, Maine notes to pay enlistee bounties
Recent Issues of Bangladesh & Qatar New Bangladeshi and Qatari banknotes
Noteworld - The Banknotes of Italy Lira banknotes of Italy 1861-2002
The Tragedy of the House of Valerian I
Prelude: Trebonianus Gallus & Aemilian
Boaring New Celtic Coin Found Unrecorded 'Berkshire Boars' silver coin found at Ogbourne St George in Wiltshire in February 2023
Australia's proposed new $5 banknote
Australian Twenty Pound Notes
May 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 3)
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The Two Dollar Revolution 2013 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation $2
An emperor's few coins: Part I Indian Princely States coins of Edward VIII
Adelaide's Golden Pounds Adelaide Assay Office ingots and Adelaide pounds
Minted Royal Australian Mint's Centenary of Federation coin program
Royal Mint Releases Coronation Coins Coins for the Coronation of King Charles III
Noteworld - Norway's world wars as seen through banknotes
Banknotes of the National Bank of Cuba 1949-1997 & Central Bank of Cuba 1997-2021
What went wrong? 1956 Australian florin with ragged clip
Ancient Rome: The Numismatic Portrayal of Victoria
A new discovery
1856 Sydney half sovereign with the type 2 reverse
The 1856/5 overdate half sovereign
Australia's earliest overdate
Redemption & Legal Tender Clauses on Australian Notes
Late Queen's Mystery Coin Achieves Auction Record Sale of British gold 1965 halfpenny in April 2023 Spink auction
Banknote Printing Errors
June 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 5)
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The Two Dollar Revolution 2014 Remembrance $2
An emperor's few coins: Part II British West Africa, East Africa, Canada, Fiji and New Guinea coins of Edward VIII
75th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke 2017 Sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke 20 cent
Newton's Queen Anne Gold Farthing Realises $157,690 Sale of 1775 gold farthing in Spink auction of St Helier Collection of English Gold Coins in March 2023
Minted 2019 A, U and S privy mark dollar coins
Noteworld Azerbaijan, Maldives, Ukraine
The New King and an Old Ceremony 2023 Royal Maundy service
The Note that payrolled World War I Turkish 1916 50,000 livre notes
Shinplasters and a Lack of Real Money
A Primer on Privately Issued Currency Notes in Australia
The 1926 Penny Die failures
Australian Decimal Coin Errors, Show & Tell
A Numismatic look at the Thracian City of Anchialus
World War 1 Military ID Discs made from Coins
Banknote Printing Errors: Part II Print Obstructions and Registration Faults
July 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 7)
Title About Author
The Two Dollar Revolution $2 error coins
Fiji's WWII Emergency RBNZ Overprints Currency shortage in Fiji during World War II
Minted Ford and Holden coins
Noteworld
New issues July 2023
Iran
What went wrong? 1976 Australian one cent silver proof wrong planchet error
Posthumous issues of Elizabeth II
The Evolution of the NSW 1813 Dump and the Missing Link Copper dumps and dump varieties
Australia's Earliest Government-Issued Notes New South Wales Colonial Police Fund notes
Coin Showcase: Saxony, ¼ Thaler, 1661
Fakes and Forgeries! Part II Ancient Coins: Some things to look out for
The bee & the coin: a brief history of honey & money
Banknote Printing Errors: Part III Upside Downers, Inverted Paper and Serial Number Faults
August 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 8)
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The Two Dollar Revolution 2015 Lest We Forget $2 coin
PoW Chits Memorialise Taiwan Hellcamps 2015 Lest We Forget $2 coin
Panticapaeum Gold Stater Becomes Most Expensive Ancient Coin Panticapaeum Gold Stater sold in May 2023 Numismatica Ars Classica auction
Fiji's Much Misunderstood Tabua
The Enigmatic Double Florin Reasons for the introduction of the double florin in 1887
Minted Australia at War 50c piece series
Noteworld The banknotes of Ecuador
A new issue from the United Arab Emirates
What went wrong? 2001 Centenary of Federation $1 struck on 20 Euro cent planchet
The Tale of Two Medals Sydney Academy Medal 1822 and Bravery Award to Sergeant James Wells, 1875
Australia's Silver Proof & Specimen Coins of King George VI - An Extended Hiatus Sydney Academy Medal 1822 and Bravery Award to Sergeant James Wells, 1875
ANZAC Gallipoli Medallion, 1967: Alan Birchenall Cox
Fakes and Forgeries! Part II Ancient Coins: Some things to look out for
The Banknotes of Joseph Potts
Banknote Printing Errors: Part IV Blanks, Ink Faults, No Signatures and Missing Design
Correcting Some Serial Numbers of Star Notes
September 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 9)
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The Two Dollar Revolution 2016 Olympics and Paralympics coloured two dollar coin series
Geographical Confusion Caused WWII SW Pacific Catalogue Errors World War II Camp Barnes Officers Club chits
Fiji Issues Lunar 100 cents Banknotes
William I's Rare Wallingford Penny Silver penny of William I sold in March 2023 Spink auction
Emperor Irene Rules, OK? Gold solidus of Byzantine Empress Irene sold in January 2023 Heritage auction
Introduction to W.J. Taylor's Kangaroo Weights & Related Pieces Kangaroo Office weights of William Joseph Taylor
Minted NPA Banknotes
Noteworld Banknotes of the Hajj pilgrimage
The Kyrgyz Republic 200, 500, 1000 som
£30 of Lancashire Lard
What went wrong? 2001 Centenary of Federation $1, 2001 platypus 20c, 2010 Coat of Arms 50c, 1966 5c, 1966 10c and 2006 Coat of Arms 50c upsets
The Australian 'GOAT' Overdate Coin 1922/1 overdate threepence
The 1937 Uniface Sterling Silver Patterns Uniface patterns struck for Prince Elizabeth and Princess Margaret's tour of the Royal Mint in 1937
ACR Editorial Series: The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage
Urandangie Calabashes & Shinplasters
Australian £1,000 notes
October 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 10)
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Japan's Notorious Puppet Banks: I World War II Japanese puppet banks in China
Is that a Supernova I see before me? Star on Constantine IX gold solidus
Minted Perth Mint palladium Emu series
Noteworld The billets de nécessité of the Chambres de Commerce du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais
What went wrong? Australia 1966 1c planchet hole error
How to avoid the pitfalls when buying a genuinely valuable coin!
The Background to Australia's WWII Internment Tokens
ACR Editorial Series: The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage
The Life After Death of Banknotes Destruction of banknotes no longer fit for circulation
November 2023 (Volume 2.0 Issue 11)
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The Two Dollar Revolution 30th Anniversary of the Two Dollar Coin 12-Coin Set
Japan's Notorious Puppet Banks: II World War II Japanese puppet banks in China
The Clove & the Ceitil Money used in the Portuguese trade with the Spice Islands
Popular Shipwreck Gold & Silver Ingots Gold and silver bars recovered from the S.S. Central America and Nuestra Señora de Atocha
Beale Pleads Guilty on All Charges Trial for falsifying provenance of EID MAR aureus
Noteworld World War II French banknotes printed by Emile M. Pikovsky Ltd
New issues Egypt 20 pounds polymer banknote
Samoa Commemorative issue 60 Tala
New Abkhazia 25-apsar note
The Controversy of the Australian 1919 & 1920 Pennies Part I
ANZAC Gallipoli Medallion, 1967: Archibald Roland Knight
A Survey of the Antoninianus in the Third Century (Arguably the most unpopular coin denomination ever)
A unique Australian plastic penny sample from 80 years ago Plastic penny-sized coin produced by Selinite Pty Ltd in 1943
Edward VIII British West Africa 1945 Mule Cause of the muling of a 1945 British West African penny reverse with an Edward VIII obverse
A Second "Whoops" Cerutty Collins £1 Note Serial number re-use in Cerutty Collins £1 notes
Sydney Bank Notes Banknotes of the Sydney Bank from the 1820s
The Downies Jas. R. Collins Hoard Damaged banknotes sold in Downies auctions in February, May and August 2023
December 2023/January 2024 (Volume 2.0 Issue 12)
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Santa's Banknote Evolution Santa Claus on banknotes
There is nothing like a Dame Dame of Elche on Spanish peseta banknotes
England's Gold Sovereign Sovereigns from 1489 to 1603
Augustus Saint Gaudens' Magnificent Double Eagle
Noteworld Banknotes of the Frankfort Bank, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1818-1820
New issues Jordan 5, 10, 20 and 50 Dinar
Lesotho 200 maloti
Argentina 1000 pesos
What went wrong? Australia 1978 Two Cent Double Struck Error
The Controversy of the Australian 1919 & 1920 Pennies Part II
Physical Crypto; A Timeless Autocrat & the Alphabet in Silver Otoh Collection of physical cryptocurrency
Coin Showcase Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick III, 2/3 Thaler, 1690
Military Service of Evelyn Alexander Wilson Ffrench Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick III, 2/3 Thaler, 1690
Error Coins that Escaped the Mint
Five Coin Errors We'd Love to Own
Brockage, die cap, wrong planchet, multiple struck, off-centre
A One Million Century Million unit notes in the 20th century
Heads I Win
The True Story of David Gee, Australia's most Audacious Coin Forger
A Licence to Destroy Money
The recollections of a man who watched as billions of dollars worth of banknotes were burnt.
Note Printing Premises
Urandangie Calabashes & Shinplasters
Million Banknotes Update
February 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 1)
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Batavia's Fatal Shore
Harriette "Hettie" Anderson: The face of the 1907 $20
Once a Jolly Banjo... A.B. Banjo Paterson on Australian money
James Gorman's VC
Noteworld Some paper money of the Philippines
New issues New Bangladesh 50 Taka commemorative note PNL B365a
New Trans-Dniester commemorative 1-Ruble note, September 2023
What went wrong? Australia 1949 Penny Incomplete Clipped Planchet
The Story Behind Shipwreck Coins
The 1893 Sydney Proof Sovereign - A Tangible Link to Australia's Most Enigmatic Gold Coins
An Essay on Die Metals & Dots of the 1919, 1920 Australian pennies
The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage Hadrian's Travelling Series - the 'Restorer of Gaul'
City Bank of Sydney Pound Note Discovered
Round 50 cent coins struck by the Royal Australian Mint
Experimental Supers 1893 Queensland superscribed banknotes
March 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 3)
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Empress Jingu Provides Potent Vignette Empress Jingu on Japanese banknotes
WWII Aussie Coastwatcher Awarded US Legion of Merit Sub-Lieutenant Robert Firth
Major R.G. Morris BEM MM: Operation Jaywick
Myth Stalks Saudi Gold Discs 4 sovereign gold discs struck by the Philadelphia Mint for the Saudi Arabian government
Noteworld National Bank of Georgia banknote design competition
The withdrawal of Omani banknotes issued before 2020
Kroner from the fjords The Voss siege notes of WW2
New issues Kazakhstan 10,000 tenge banknote
New Zealand
Argentina
Burundi 5,000 and 10,000 notes
What went wrong? Australia 2022 Two Dollar "C" Mintmark Red Poppy Strike-Through Error
The Commissariat Notes that helped finance early Colonial Australia
Easter's Maundy Thursday & Maundy Coinage
A 1927 Australian half penny in the 1928 Trial of the Pyx report reveals how rare coins can exist
The Australian Fifty-Pound Banknote
Wishful Thinking Errors Fake banknote errors
2023 Australian Coin Review Index
April 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 4)
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Thomas Simon's crowns recalls contest that never was Petition and Reddite crown
The Blue Max & The Australian Connection Karl Friedrich Max von Müller
Squadron Leader R.B. Newton DFC
The Colkirk Hoard
Noteworld Captain 'Percy' Gardiner and the Rif Revolt
New issues Central Bank of Somalia 20,000 and 50,000 Shilins
China 20 Yuan, Year of the Dragon
Solomon Islands $10 Commemorative
Samoa 5 Tala
Lebanon 100,000 livres
Proof 1930 Penny back on the market after 27 years
What went wrong? Australia 2006 One Dollar Flip-Over Double-Strike
Jolly, Jolly Sixpence (A Survey of the English/British Sixpence across Four Centuries)
Whitty & Brown 'Bust' series A625 Token & the curious Prince Alfred connection
The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage Hadrian's Travelling Series - Roman Egypt
The Trial of the Pyx 2024 Currency Coinage of King Charles First Trial
Vale Mark Tyson Obituary
The Australian One-Hundred Pound Banknote
May 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 5)
Title About Author
Physical Cryptocurrencies Prove Hot Collectibles
Emergency Issues of the Upington Border Scouts Second Boer War emergency notes
The 1715 Treasure Fleet Shipwreck
Noteworld Coupons of the Calcutta Tramways Company Limited
New issues Samoa
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea
Tonga
East Caribbean States
What went wrong? Australian 5 Cent Die Cap
Legends of the Adelaide Assay Office
The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage The Image of Dynastic Succession
A Unique Collection of Ancient Trial Plates
Treasury £5 Forgeries
June 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 6)
Title About Author
Victoria & Her Lion Una and the Lion £5
The end of the age of gold How England got its one pound notes
The Legend of the 1967 Swan Dollar
Noteworld Thoughts on replacement banknotes
One country, many cultures, banknotes of Indonesia 2022
New issues Somalia
Kyrgyzstan
Morocco
What went wrong? Australia 1964 Penny Die Clash
Australia's First Public Railway
Richard the Lionheart
The 'City View' Thalers
Royal Maundy Service 2024
Same Serial Number Specimen Notes
July 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 7)
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The Little Drummer Boy ∓ The Australian Connection Drummer Frederick Parrot
For Gallantry Lieutenant Jack Easton
Australian Coin Review and the Rodgers connection Kerry Rodgers
One Mule To Rule Them All Mule of General Zhang Zuolin used on 1926-27 pattern dollars and flying dragon reverse from 1916 dollar of General Yuan Shih-kai
Noteworld Church Currency of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Schenectady, New York
New issues Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Honduras
Key markers to look out for when investing in rare Australian Coins 1916 mule halfpenny, 1923 halfpenny, 1939 kangaroo halfpenny with double-foot Y, 1951 halfpenny bar of Y, 1930 penny, 1931 dropped 1 Indian die penny, 1922/1 overdate threepence, 1926 serif 2 sixpence, 1953 large denticles florin
Rare Modern Banknotes: Polymer $5 KC 95, $5 AN 97, $5 DN 97, $10 DF 97, $20 PE 94, $50 VG 95
Collecting the Ancients
Hellenistic Royal Portraits - the Cappadocians (Part I)
August 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 8)
Title About Author
217 Days at Mafeking Siege of Mafeking notes
Te Peeke o Aotearoa
Recovered Wreck Rupees Sold Rupee notes from the SS Shirala
Noteworld The unissued banknotes of South Russia and fall of Sevastopol
New issues Yemen
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
A Celebration of the Life of David Allan Gee
The Provincial & Suburban Bank - "Founded, Reared, & Ended in Fraud"
Collecting the Ancients
Hellenistic Royal Portraits - the Cappadocians (Part II)
September 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 9)
Title About Author
Khartoum's Siege Currency Siege of Khartoum notes
The Summer of Physical BTC Stack's Bowers physical bitcoin auctions
The Notes of Colonia Nueva Australia
The Great Portuguese Banknote Scam Artur Virgilio Alves Reis
Sisters rule, OK! Byzantine empresses Zoe and Theodora
Noteworld The notes of the 1919 Limerick Soviet
New issues Eswatini
Zimbabwe
Kyrgyz Republic
South Sudan
What went wrong? 1975 1 kina with off-centre or multiple holes
The 1887 Sydney Mint Plain-Edge Proofs 1887 jubilee head proof sovereigns and half sovereigns
The Propagandistic Nature of Ancient Roman Coinage The Image of Victory
October 2024 (Volume 2.1 Issue 10)
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SS Egypt's Salvaged Rupees Siege of Khartoum notes
A Confusion of Camels Camels on attempted Ceylon £5 note
Rare Napoleonic 20F Gold Essai 1802/1803 20 franc pattern
Admiral Yi Sun-sin and his Incomparable Iron-clads
Bullion Galore! SS Gairsoppa silver
BoE's Warrior Queen I: 1694-1854 Britannia on British bank notes
T'was a swapping golden mallard 1801 Feast of the Swapping Mallard gold medal
Wolfensohn Sovereigns' Sale Heritage Auctions' sale of the James Wolfensohn collection
Noteworld The banknotes of the Bank of Venice
New issues Argentina
Kazakhstan
Russia
Somalia
What went wrong? Australia 1976 20c Split Planchet Mated Pair
Third-party Grading - Putting Coins to the Ultimate Test
Decimal Coin Rolls - a 50-Year Old Market is Roaring
Collecting the Ancients Roman Imperial Reverses - Liberalitas (Part I)