The whole series: 8 dated issues, each opening to the document its figure came from, plus 35 branch mint production records.
This coin has a page of its own, because the report states the date these coins bore.
This coin has a page of its own, because the report states the date these coins bore.
This coin has a page of its own, because 2 documented varieties.
single-source 2,000,000 pieces
One of the few figures the Royal Mint's reports tie to the date borne by the coin rather than to a report year.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000,000 | Melbourne | struck-dated | Reports of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint, Australian branch sections
which_we made the necessary dies. A restricted issue of two mil. |
This coin has a page of its own, because the report states the date these coins bore.
This coin has a page of its own, because 2 documented varieties.
single-source 3,764,000 pieces
One of the few figures the Royal Mint's reports tie to the date borne by the coin rather than to a report year.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,764,000 | Melbourne | struck-dated | Reports of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint, Australian branch sections
Standard Silver Florins, £376,400 ; Quaternary Silver Florlns, £2,139,000, |
single-source 2,672,000 pieces
One of the few figures the Royal Mint's reports tie to the date borne by the coin rather than to a report year.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,672,000 | Melbourne | struck-dated | Reports of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint, Australian branch sections
processes of coining being, Australian crowns, 250,2001., florins, 267,2001., |
Every year above opens to the documents behind its figure. 5 of 8 also have a page of their own, where there was more to say than a row can hold.
A variety is a claim about a coin, and claims differ in how well they are evidenced. The grade beside each says what kind of source stands behind it. This catalogue prints no valuations, so nothing here tells you what a variety is worth.
| Variety | How you tell it apart | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 florin small-void 6 | Small void in date digit 6 | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
| 1946 florin large-void 6 | Void in 6 and 9 relatively the same size | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
| 1953 florin large-denticle reverse | Large denticles; double line from kangaroo tail juncture to leg | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
| 1953 florin small-denticle reverse | Small denticles; lacks large type's stated double-line marker | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
These are not mintages by date, and this catalogue will not print them as if they were. They are what the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth branches reported striking, delivering or issuing during a report year. A single year's delivery routinely carried two dates: the 1958 report says florins and sixpences to a stated value "were dated 1957; the remainder of the coin delivered being dated 1958".
35 records. 33 of them are recorded in pounds sterling rather than in coins, because that is how the mints kept the books. 6 name the date borne by the coin. On 1 occasion the report states the same output both ways, in money and in coins, and the two agree exactly once converted: that is the pound ledger showing itself.
| Report year | Mint | As printed | Unit | In pieces | What was counted | The report's own words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Sydney | £61,500 | pounds | 615,000 (£61,500 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Silver coin of the nominal value of 142,300]., comprising (31,500]. |
| 1925 | Melbourne | £239,900 | pounds | 2,399,000 (£239,900 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | progresses of coming being as follows :flllorins 2399001.‘ shillings |
| 1927 | Melbourne | £200,000 | pounds | 2,000,000 (£200,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | ‘ .. During the year 200,0001. florins of special design by Mr. G. Krueer |
| 1927 | Melbourne | £342,000 | pounds | 3,420,000 (£342,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | .- 1 : 1 : coining being iiorins 342 Ogglpaiiefilythrough the various processes of the coins. 11V " |
| 1928 | Melbourne | £196,200 | pounds | 1,962,000 (£196,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | coining being florins, 1962001.; shillings, 33,2001; sixpences, 68,0251; |
| 1931 | Melbourne | £312,968 | pounds | 3,129,680 (£312,968 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | coining being florins, 3129681.; shillings, 50,028l., Viz. :— |
| 1933 | Melbourne | £44,800 | pounds | 448,000 (£44,800 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | coming being, florins, 44,8001. ; shillings, 11,0001, Viz. :— |
| 1934 | Melbourne | £7,500 | pounds | 75,000 (£7,500 x 10 coins per pound) | unstatedstated both ways | exceed 7,5001. ; that the dimensions of the coins shall be the same as |
| 1934 | Melbourne | £167,400 | pounds | 1,674,000 (£167,400 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | florins, 167,4001.; shillings, 24,0001; sixpences, 25,6001; threepences, |
| 1934 | Melbourne | 75,000 | pieces | 75,000 (£7,500 x 10 coins per pound) | struck-in-report-yearstated both ways | A special florin with an issue limited to 75,000 pieces was struck to |
| 1935 | Melbourne | £91,500 | pounds | 915,000 (£91,500 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | processés of coining being, Australian florins, 91,5001; shillings, 25,0001. ; |
| 1936 | Melbourne | £238,200 | pounds | 2,382,000 (£238,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | processes of coining being, Australian florins, 238,2001. ; shillings, 10,0001. ; |
| 1937 | Melbourne | £267,200 | pounds | 2,672,000 (£267,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issueddated 1936 | processes of coining being, Australian crowns, 250,2001., florins, 267,2001., |
| 1938 | Melbourne | £299,000 | pounds | 2,990,000 (£299,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | processes of coining being, Australian crowns, 25,400l., florins, 2990001., |
| 1945 | Melbourne | £1,197,000 | pounds | 11,970,000 (£1,197,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Florins, £1,197,000 ; shillings, £211,400 ; and sixpences, £252,400. In |
| 1945 | unstated | £1,197,000 | pounds | 11,970,000 (£1,197,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | SILVER : Florins . . . . 1,197,000 |
| 1946 | Melbourne | £376,400 | pounds | 3,764,000 (£376,400 x 10 coins per pound) | issueddated 1945 | Standard Silver Florins, £376,400 ; Quaternary Silver Florlns, £2,139,000, |
| 1946 | Melbourne | £2,139,000 | pounds | 21,390,000 (£2,139,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issueddated 1946 | Standard Silver Florins, £376,400 ; Quaternary Silver Florlns, £2,139,000, |
| 1946 | unstated | £376,400 | pounds | 3,764,000 (£376,400 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Florins . . . . 376,400 376,400 |
| 1947 | Melbourne | £3,930,000 | pounds | 39,300,000 (£3,930,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Eggnirég beings—Quaternary Silver~Florins, £3,930.000: Threepences, |
| 1947 | unstated | £5,119,000 | pounds | 51,190,000 (£5,119,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | SILVER: Florins 5,119,000 |
| 1948 | Melbourne | £1,200 | pounds | 12,000 (£1,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issueddated 1947 | £1,200 ; Shillings, |
| 1948 | unstated | £750,000 | pounds | 7,500,000 (£750,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | SILVER Florins 750,000 |
| 1949 | unstated | £200,000 | pounds | 2,000,000 (£200,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | _ Florins 200,000 duly present“ ‘0 that ‘nStltUtlon- |
| 1951 | Melbourne | 2,000,000 | pieces | 2,000,000 (£200,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issueddated 1951 | which_we made the necessary dies. A restricted issue of two mil. |
| 1951 | Melbourne | £1,206,800 | pounds | 12,068,000 (£1,206,800 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | co1n1ng emgz— 1ver— orins, £1,206,800; ’ 44 d |
| 1952 | Melbourne | £1,004,400 | pounds | 10,044,000 (£1,004,400 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | coming bemg:—Silver:—florins, £1,004,400; shillings, £982,200; six- |
| 1952 | unstated | £1,004,400 | pounds | 10,044,000 (£1,004,400 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Florins . . . . . . . . 1,004,400 |
| 1953 | Melbourne | £1,150,600 | pounds | 11,506,000 (£1,150,600 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Silverz—Florins, £1,150,600; shillings, £610,200; sixpences, £28,800; threepences, , 1 |
| 1954 | Melbourne | £2,020,600 | pounds | 20,206,000 (£2,020,600 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | florins, £2,020,600; shillings, £809,400; sixpences, £120,800; threepences, |
| 1955 | Melbourne | £31,200 | pounds | 312,000 (£31,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Florins, £31,200; shillings, £348,400; sixpences £427,200 and threepences, |
| 1956 | Melbourne | £809,000 | pounds | 8,090,000 (£809,000 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | Florins, £809,000; shillings, £329,400; Sixpences, £136,000 and threepencesy |
| 1957 | Melbourne | £927,800 | pounds | 9,278,000 (£927,800 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | florins, £927,800; shillings, £633,400; sixpences, £343,800 and threepences, |
| 1958 | Melbourne | £897,200 | pounds | 8,972,000 (£897,200 x 10 coins per pound) | issued | follows: florins, £897,200; shillings, £370,600; sixpences, £448,600;_threepences, |
| 1958 | Melbourne | £41,400 | pounds | 414,000 (£41,400 x 10 coins per pound) | struck-dateddated 1957 | Of the above coin, florins to the value of £41,400 and sixpences to the value |