Australia 1933 florin

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73026

This specimen was lot 73026 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Florin, 1933-(M). Melbourne Mint. George V. PCGS AU-53. An attractive KEY DATE example that offers some mint originality and only trace wear. No toning is present, though there is some evidence of handling in the fields. From the Hobart Collection." The type was issued 1911-36 with Melbourne being the sole producer after 1926. This Melbourne date is rare altho this example realized only 30% of catalog.

Recorded mintage: 488,000.

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, Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.

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• 1933 penny
• 1933 shilling
• 1934 florin
• Coins and currency dated 1933