Category Archives: Royal Mint of Australia

Australia: Collector coins recall the country’s convict past with their “Rascals and Ratbags” series

The Royal Mint of Australia have released three new coins that highlight Australia’s unique past in which many convicts were transported to the continent from Great Britain as part of their penal sentences. Australia’s convicts were a mixed bunch, but their stories have helped to create contemporary Australia

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