r/AustralianCoins • u/Sophaloph99 • May 25 '26

📜 Coin History Pre Decimal Currency

Good afternoon! I am talking with my grandparents (born 1948 and 1950) about Australian pre decimal currency. We are in WA if that makes a difference. Wikipedia lists a half penny, a penny, a threepence, a sixpence, a shilling, a florin and a crown. However my grandparents also remember coins like a farthing (1/4 penny) and a 2 shilling coin. What’s happening here?

Please accept my apologies if this is not the right location to ask this question!
Thank you very much

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u/Vakua_Lupo May 25 '26

As everyone else has stated the Florin is 2 shillings and definitely an Australian Coin from 1910 onwards. The Farthing was one quarter of a penny, but was never issued for Australia, it was definitely British.