Australian Silver Coins Prices

The 2018 1 oz australian rectangular silver dragon coin was particularly important because it marked the first ever issue of a rectangular silver bullion coin.

Australian silver coins prices. The coins were originally available in protective plastic tubes of 20 or monster boxes of 200 coins. Australian silver coins apmex offers a range of australian silver coins including the perth mint which opened as a branch of the royal mint in 1899 and the royal australian mint which opened in 1965 as the first mint in australia independent of the royal mint. Half penny d penny 1d threepence 3d sixpence 6d. It wasn t until 1910 nine years after federation that australia again created its own currency the australian pound.

Australian silver coins can be purchased in some coin shops and from numerous online metals dealers. Both australian mints are known for producing many beautiful silver bullion and commemorative gold coins including silver koalas. Australian silver coinage continued to adhere to the silver standard until 1946 when the silver content of silver coins was debased to 50. Even then its coins were minted by branches of britain s royal mint in sydney melbourne and perth.

Use the australian silver coin calculator to learn how much the silver in your coins is worth or to set a max bid on a australian silver coin auction based on its. They are also considered good legal tender with varying face values based on weight. These silver coins are some of the purest available on the market today with a purity of 999 9 percent fine silver.