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January 22, 2026
50 dollars 1995 to 2017 banknotes - Price guide and values
The $50 banknote, designed by Brian Sadgrove, was issued in October 1995 bearing the portraits of David Unaipon and Edith Cowan.
January 22, 2026
Penny 1953 to 1964 - Pictures and varieties updated
The Penny reverse design changed in 1938 and remained the same until the decimal currency adoption. The obverse now shows Queen Elizabeth II. In 1954, no penny was produced.
January 21, 2026
New Guinea coins price guide and values
The New Guinean pound was the currency of the Australian Territory of New Guinea between 1915 and 1966. No banknotes were ever issued and all denominations larger than one shilling were Australian currency. Production of New Guinea coins ceased until Papua New Guinea started minting its own currency in the 1970s.
January 20, 2026
50 cents 1966 to 2015 - Specifications and features added
Fifty cent Australian coins showing the Commonwealth Coat of Arms on reverse were released for the first time in circulation on February 14, 1966. First ones made in silver, a new shape and alloy was reintroduced into circulation in September, 1969 because silver price rose above the face value and to help solve the confusion with the twenty cents.
January 19, 2026
Kookaburra Patterns - 1919 to 1921 - Penny and Half Penny
The Australian Government wanted to replace the circulating Half Penny and Penny in 1919. Trial square patterns, the Kookaburra, were minted by the Royal Mint in London and specimens in Royal Mint in Melbourne. Because there awkward shape and low weight revealing technical difficulties it was decided to not put them into circulation to replace the current bronze low denominations coins.
