At the February 2016 meeting of the Society a member displayed paperweights from The Bank of Adelaide. In 1965 the bank celebrated its centenary. As part of its commemorations it commissioned the production of souvenir sets of pre-decimal coins embedded … Continued
At the meeting of the NSSA meeting held on 21 January 2016 a member displayed a 1994 Perth Mint Display Board with full size uniface facsimiles of the mint’s entire bullion range, originally part of an advertising board with a … Continued
A member of the NSSA presented this item at the meeting held on Thursday 21 January 2015. Issued by the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, valued by JH Deacon, Keeper of Coins and Medals. not dated. … Continued
The following was presented by a member of the NSSA during the meeting held on 17 December 2015. In 2012 there were two 1 dollar coins issued by the Royal Australian mint to commemorate the AFL. Both coins featured the … Continued
An NSSA member has just submitted this article after spotting an article in Sunday Mail on 13 December, 2015. In December 1985 the Adelaide Casino opened on the former site of the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace. The then … Continued
Shortly after World War One the Port Elliot community created a wishing well and when the well was dismantled its coins; Australian and British pennies and halfpennies, were put aside as they could no longer be banked. This year the … Continued
At the 17 September 2015 meeting of the NSSA a member showed the item imaged above. This uniface item is 25mm in diameter, weighs 7.3g and is silver plated copper. It is a uniface facsimile of a 1994 1/2oz platinum … Continued
While sorting out Minute books on other papers to be forwarded to the South Australian Archives I came across the only known photo of Miss Towler, the numismatist at the Public Library, Museum & Art Gallery of South Australia … Continued
At the NSSA meeting held on 16 July 2015 a member showed the above counterfeit 1928 shilling. This 1928 shilling is actually a forgery. The type was imported in large numbers by three Chinese merchants into Sydney in the early … Continued