Australia 1914 florin

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73022

This specimen was lot 73022 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Florin, 1914. London Mint. George V. NGC AU-55. A nice lightly circulated example of an earlier date, this piece is effuse with mint bloom and a pale sauvignon blanc tone near the edge." The type was issued 1911-36 with Melbourne being the sole producer after 1926. This London date is somewhat scarce; a Heaton issue exists for 1914 but is rare.

Recorded mintage: 2,300,000, a better date.

Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver, 28.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-27.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
• Pitt, Michael, ed., Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.

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