The Shilling

<a href="http://wiki.australian-coins.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/australia-1944s-shilling.jpg"><img src="http://wiki.australian-coins.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/australia-1944s-shilling-297×300.jpg" alt="Australia 1944S Shilling Reverse" width="297" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-286" /></a> Australia 1944S Shilling Reverse

<strong>1938 to 1963 Shilling</strong>

<strong>Designer:</strong> George Kruger Gray
<strong>Weight:</strong> 5.65 grams
<strong>Diameter:</strong> 23.5 mm
<strong>Mint:</strong> Melbourne 1938 – 1963, Perth 1946 only, San Francisco 1942 – 1944. There was also a pattern minted in London in 1937.

Minted 1938 to 1952 with King George VI obverse, then from 1953 to 1963 with Queen Elizabeth II obverse.
Silver composition is 92.5% from 1938 to 1945, with later mintages reduced to 50% silver. Mintages vary from just 760,000 in 1940 to 19,644,000 in 1952.

This is a popular design amongst Australian coin collectors, with the Ram’s head being used on later circulating and non circulating coins, such as the 1991 50 cent coin, the 2011 $1 coin and the 2000 Masterpieces in silver set.