Archive – Australia
Numismatic Episodes from Australia
Monday, September 27th, 2010, the Mint Directors Conference will start in Australian Canberra. There, executive staff members from mints all over the world will meet in order to discuss about pending problems. CoinsWeekly will introduce itself to the members of the congress with the following three little episodes from Australian numismatic history printed within the congress’s daily journal... [ more ]
Police of Albany investigates, who has a right to treasure troves in Australia
At the beginning of May 2011 a construction worker found a hoard of sovereigns while digging a trench in the port city of the Australian Albany. Now the authorities seem to wrack their brains in order to find out, who has the right to treasure troves in Australia... [ more ]
Why were British coins buried in Australian Albany?
At the beginning of May a little hoard of British sovereigns was found at Australian Albany. But why were they buried there? There are various theories... [ more ]