
Obverse: | King GEORGE VI - Design by Thomas Humphrey Paget.
Legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP. |
Reverse: | Australian Coat of Arms - Design by George Kruger Gray.
Legend: FLORIN - 1938 AUSTRALIA |
| Edge: | Reeded - continuous mill. |
| Weight: | 11.30 grams (174.5 grains). |
| Size: | 28.5 mm (diameter). |
| Composition: | Sterling Silver - 92.5% Silver, 7.5% Copper. |
| Silver Content: | .3363 oz. |
| Mintage: | Melbourne: Circulation - 2,990,000 Proof: 70 - 100 |
| Mintmarks: | None. |
Valuation : 1938 FLORIN
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine | Extra Fine | Almost Uncirc. | Uncirc | Brilliant Uncirc. | Proof |
| 2002 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 65 | 120 | 225 | 7,500 |
Notes:
The collector proof version of the 1938 florin was released as part of a 6 coin proof set.
In 1998, the Canberra mint released a .999 Silver Florin/Twenty Cents frosted proof coin with a reverse design struck from a modified die used for the production of the 1938 florin reverse.
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