Summary

Australia
Florin 1943 S
Mint: San Francisco

From 1942 until 1944 mints in the United States of America and India were employed to strike Australian coins.

Physical Description

A silver coin (28 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D :G: BR: OMN: REX F .D. IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials H.P. The reverse features the Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, as authorised by Royal Warrant 19 September 1912 - composed of a shield divided into six parts, each containing a representation of the badge of a State. The shield is supported by a kangaroo and an emu standing on a grassy mound accompanied by small branches of wattle. Above the shield is a crown. Around above, FLORIN between two seven pointed stars; and below, in the exergue, the date, 1943 curved below which, AUSTRALIA. The artist's initials KG are in the field above the back of the emu. The mint mark S appears above the date.

Obverse Description

Bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D:G: BR: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials H.P.

Reverse Description

Based on the arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, as authorised by Royal Warrant 19 September 1912 - composed of a shield divided into six parts, each containing a representation of the badge of a State (although that of South Australia is depicted as three sheaves of wheat above a rising sun instread of the authorised Piping Shrike). The shield is supported by a kangaroo and an emu standing on a grassy mound accompanied by small branches of wattle. Above the shield is a crown instead of the Federation star. Around above, FLORIN between two seven pointed stars; below, in the exergue, the date, 1943 curved below which, AUSTRALIA. The artist's initials KG are in the field above the back of the emu. The mint mark S appears above the date.

Edge Description

Milled

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