Because the first British settlement in Australia was a penal colony, there wasn’t much need for coins or currency. As The Perth Mint noted in a blog, authorities envisioned a “self-sufficient ...

Australia Post is proud to be the official retailer of a first of its kind set of AFL $1 Collectable Coins for footy fans and collectors to purchase in celebration of their favourite AFL or AFLW club.

The largest of the coins is an Elizabeth I threepence and was made in 1574 Silver coins from the Tudor and Stuart periods which were discovered in a field have been officially declared treasure.