Silver Australian Shillings

@lordtimoty shared some cool silver Australian coins the other day so I figured to share two cool silver Australian shillings I recently acquired:

The first which is from 1958 features on the front side Queen Elizabeth and reads

+ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINA·F:D: M · G ·

for:

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSATRIX / Elizabeth II by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith (LMAO!)

whereas the second from 1946 features GEORGE IV and reads

GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP for

George VI by the Grace of God, King of all the British territories, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

On the back side both of them feature a Ram's head

Each coin is about the size of a euro coin and has 5.65 g of 0.500 silver

And here's a comparison to the rest of silver Australian coins I own, 50 cents from 1966 and six pence from 1962:

All 4 have a total of 17.689 g silver. Neat!

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