2013 50c 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps Uncirculated Coin Silver - 2oz Bullion The coin’s reverse depicts a

The coin’s reverse depicts a close-up portrait of a kookaburra perched on a tree branch with a spray of eucalyptus leaves

The imposing XE with its striking green livery benefited from some new technical freedoms

where in the coming months the Australians would suffer their greatest losses of the war

Bearing the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

Convict labour became not only a tool for discipline and reform but also for colonial advancement

2013 50c 100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps Uncirculated Coin Silver - 2oz Bullion The coin’s reverse depicts aAustralias first national stamp issue had a troubled beginning. A decade after the federation of Australias six colonies, the Postmaster Generals Department sought designs to grace the new nations first stamps, which would in time replace Australias colonial state stamp issues. After more than a year of submissions and political debate, the Kangaroo and Map postage stamps were finally released in 1913.