Police were notified on July 12 that 63,000 of the yet-to-be-released series of coins produced by the national mint in Canberra had been stolen from a warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park, ...
The South West Heritage Trust secured this "unprecedented" hoard from the Crown, with the metal detectorists who discovered the coins sharing the proceeds with the landowner. Known as the Chew ...
"With only 200,000 of these, this is an exciting day for coin collecting. It takes the crown from the all-mighty Kew Gardens 50p coin which held the title for the past 15 years," he said.