members of anaccreditedPhilatelic Association, preferably one that is well known to support it's members and the hobby. Today with the ease of selling on the internet there are just far too many non philatelic people selling stuff that is not worth looking at, let alone paying good money ...
penny belonging to the gallery, we learned, was also purchased from the Melbourne Mint for one penny plus postage. If only we could turn back time! Before we move onto the next (and perhaps more mouth watering) part of the viewing we thought it was worth looking at some numismatic related...
Florins, are 20 cent sized silver coins that also weigh the same as a 20 cent coin (11.3 grams). Florins circulated in Australia before we changed over to decimal currency in 1966. They were worth two shillings and were known as "two bob", 10 florins made up a pound and there wer...