1926 florin
au-florin-1926
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds 2 of these and photographs each one, which is a documented proof that a coin bearing this date exists. It says nothing about how many were struck, and is not counted as a mintage anywhere here.
What they hold: circulating.
Coin - Florin (2 Shillings), Australia, 1926 circulating
Coin - Florin (2 Shillings), Australia, 1926 circulating
Mintage
no-coin-dated-figure 415,000 pieces
No document names how many coins were struck bearing the date 1926. This counts what the Sydney branch put out during report year 1926, which is a different quantity.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 415,000 | Sydney | delivered what the Sydney branch delivered during report year 1926 |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, Australian branch silver and bronze returns 1916 to 1926
415,000 41,500 Shillings 416,000 20,800 Sixpences .. 204,000 5,100 Threepences ... .. 758,000 9,475 Pence ... ... ... 823,200 3,430 Halfpence 1,992,000 4,150 TOTAL 4,608,200 84,455 Standard silver bar £41,500 x 10 coins per pound |
| 2,072,250 | Melbourne | delivered what the Melbourne branch delivered during report year 1926 |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, Australian branch silver and bronze returns 1916 to 1926
21,072,250 67-1 ‘ 08": ‘ 662 .3- 58 350,620‘00 351,807'16 ‘ 1,936,100 ‘ 66-3 97~S . 64-8 45 005-17 319.144'12 . 301),407~38 1 3,405,000 ‘ 65-7 96%) . 63'7 401,206“- 253,690-20 245,565-48 5,400,000 62' |
What can be said instead
No document names a figure for coins dated 1926. The reports do say what the branch mints delivered in the report years around it, and a coin of this date had to come from one of those deliveries.
| Report year | As the report prints it | In pieces | Mint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 200,0001.; 342 Og | 5,420,000 | Melbourne |
So at most 5,420,000 pieces can bear the date 1926, if Coins dated 1926 were struck in report year 1926 or 1927.
The reports describe dates lagging by a year, but not always by only one: the 1939 report records that Melbourne went on using 1936 dies throughout 1937. Where a date persisted, the true figure can exceed this ceiling.
What this page does not tell you
It does not tell you what the coin is worth. A catalogue can honestly report how many were struck, what metal is in one, and what the documents say. It cannot report a market price without either inventing it or copying someone who might have. So this catalogue reports the first three and stays quiet about the fourth.