Australia 1944-S shilling

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck at the Melbourne mint 1938-44 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 0.500 fine.

Recorded mintage: 8,000,000 from San Francisco (shown here) plus 14,576,000 at Melbourne.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 39.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

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