Australian 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Commemorative Florin

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Thomas Humphrey Paget, designer obverse
13 August 1893 – May 1974

William Leslie Bowles, designer reverse
16 February 1885 – 21 February 1954

Australian 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee Commemorative Florin
1951
silver
Place made
Melbourne
Medium
silver
Dimensions
2.9 cm (diam.)
Credit line
SV Hagley purchase Jan 1956
Accession number
NC00116
Signature and date
Obverse Description: Bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX FIDEI DEF. ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials H.P. Reverse Description: A sceptre and sword crossing below a crown and above the Federation Star with the stars of the Southern Cross around; curved above AUSTRALIA; curved below (and split into two parts by a star), FLORIN; across the centre of the design lined up with the arms of the Southern Cross, to left 1901and to right 1951.
Media category
Coin
Collection area
Australian decorative arts and design