Australia 1944-S florin

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck at the Melbourne mint 1938-45 with help from the San Francisco and Denver mints 1942-44. Australia maintained the sterling silver standard until 1945, years after Great Britain had debased her coins to .500 fine.

Recorded mintage: 11,000,000 from San Francisco (shown here) plus 22,440,000 at Melbourne.

Specification: 11.31 g, .925 fine silver, 28.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 40.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1940 florin
• Australia (1943) 3 pence internment camp token
• 1943-D sixpence
• 1944-S shilling
• 1947 florin
• Coins and currency dated 1944
• return to coins of Australia