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½ Penny
- Series:
- from colnect.com
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Variants:
- ColnectScrp
- Themes:
- iInfringe
- Issued on:
- 1911
- Last issue date:
- 1936
- Distribution:
- CopyWrong
- Mints:
- ColnectIsBest
- Composition:
- CopyWrong
- Edge:
- ColnectIsBest
- Orientation:
- ColnectScrp
- Shape:
- VisitColnectCom
- Rim:
- CopyWrong
- Weight:
- ColnectIsBest
- Diameter:
- CopyWrong
- Thickness:
- ColnectScrp
- Face value:
- CopyWrong
- Known mintage:
- iInfringe
- Composition Details:
- 90-70% Copper, 10-30% Tin90-70% Copper, 10-30% Tin
- Score:
- VisitColnectCom
- Related items:
- CopyWrong
- Description:
- Reverse: (texted value) ONE / HALF / PENNY
inside a dotted decorated ring
designer: William Henry James Blakemore (engraver, 1871-1945)
legend: (state name) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
(bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, year) 1911 until 1936
Obverse: (ruler) bust king George V (1910-1937, King of Great Britain)
designer: Edgar Bertram MacKennal (sculptor, 1863-1931)
legend: (left) GEORGVS V D.G.BRITT:
(right) OMN:REX F.D.IND.IMP:
(Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Rex Fidei defensor
Indiae Imperator, By the Grace of God, King of all Britons
Defender of the Faith emperor of India)
(bottom, spacer/dot) •
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Mints:
I (c) - Calcutta Mint, British India
H - Heaton Mint, Birmingham, Great Britain
(L) - Royal Mint, London, England, Great Britain
(m) - Melbourne Mint, Victoria, Australia
(sy) - Sydney Mint, New South Wales, Australia
Note: *km30 Mule front km22 - back: India km11
1916-I(c): 10 pieces
Formerly known as: y5 - Buy Now:
- iInfringe
½ Penny
- Series:
- 1936~1952 - George VI
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000002, WCC:km35
- Themes:
- Emperors | Geometric Shapes | Kings
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Last issue date:
- ColnectIsBest
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 5.6 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.6 mm
- Face value:
- ½ d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 7,396,250
- Composition Details:
- 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- 57% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: (texted value) ONE / HALF / PENNY
inside a dotted decorated ring
designer: William Henry James Blakemore (engraver, 1871-1945)
legend: (state name) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
(bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, year) 1938 or 1939
Obverse: (ruler) Head king George VI (1936-1952, King of Great Britain)
designer: Thomas Humphrey Paget (modeller, 1893-1974)
legend: (ruler) GEORGVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP.
(Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Rex Fidei defensor
Indiae Imperator, By the Grace of God, King of all Britons
Defender of the Faith emperor of India)
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Formerly known as: y13 - Buy Now:
½ Penny (George VI)
- Series:
- 1936~1952 - George VI
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000003, WCC:km41
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Emperors | Kangaroos | Kings | Mammals | Marsupials | Stars
- Issued on:
- 1939
- Last issue date:
- 1948
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- India Government Mint, Mumbai, India | Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: gladiform
- Weight:
- 5.7 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.6 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.6 mm
- Face value:
- ½ d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 115,806,100
- Composition Details:
- 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- 29% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- iInfringe
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½ Penny
- Series:
- 1936~1952 - George VI
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Last issue date:
- VisitColnectCom
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Birmingham Mint, Birmingham, Great Britain | Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia | Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: gladiform
- Weight:
- 5.6 grams
- Diameter:
- 26 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.6 mm
- Face value:
- ½ d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 82,618,000
- Composition Details:
- 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- 38% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- no IND:IMP
Reverse: Kangaroo (right, Macropodidae)
above (year) 1949 until 1952
designer: (left) KG (George E. Kruger-Gray 1880-1943)
legend: (top, state name) AUSTRALIA
(right, spacer/7-pointed star) ✸
(bottom, texted value) HALF PENNY
Obverse: Head king George VI (left, 1936-1952)
Emperor of India, king of great Britain, Canada, Australia etc.
designer: (below truncation) HP (Thomas Humphrey Paget, 1893-1974)
legend: (ruler) GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX FIDEI DEF.
Edge: P – plain, type: Î
Mint marks:
PL - London, Birmingham
(m) - Melbourne
(p) - Perth - Buy Now:
½ Penny (Half Penny)
- Series:
- 1952~1964 - Elizabeth II - Pound Standard Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000005, WCC:km49
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Kangaroos | Mammals | Marsupials | Queens | Stars
- Issued on:
- 1953
- Last issue date:
- 1955
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: dotted
- Weight:
- 5.67 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.3 mm
- Face value:
- ½ d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 55,273,332
- Score:
- 43% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 2 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: Red kangaroo jumping right (Osphranter rufus), between left, designer KG (George Kruger Gray, 1880-1943) and right ✶, seven pointed star (pointed upwards, Australia), at bottom, year 1953, 1954 or 1955. State name at top AUSTRALIA˙, mintmark, high point "˙" (Perth), face value at bottom HALF PENNY (half penny).
Obverse: Young (1st) bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (1952-2022), designed by Mary Gaskell Gillick (1881-1965, sculptor). Ruler and titles (spacers ♦ small rhombus) + ELIZABETH II♦DEI♦GRATIA♦REGINA (By the Grace of God).
Edge: P – plain, type: Î
Mint marks:
(p) - Perth - Buy Now:
½ Penny
- Series:
- 1952~1964 - Elizabeth II - Pound Standard Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000006, WCC:km61
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Kangaroos | Mammals | Marsupials | Queens
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Last issue date:
- ColnectScrp
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: dotted
- Weight:
- 5.9 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.7 mm
- Face value:
- ½ d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 93,065,701
- Score:
- 35% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 5 (See)
- Description:
- CopyWrong
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1 Penny
- Series:
- 1910~1936 - George V
- Catalog codes:
- iInfringe
- Themes:
- Emperors | Geometric Shapes | Kings
- Issued on:
- 1911
- Last issue date:
- 1936
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Heaton Mint, Ralph Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, Great Britain | India Government Mint, Kolkata, India | Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia | Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967) | Sydney Mint, Sydney, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 9.4 grams
- Diameter:
- 30.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.8 mm
- Face value:
- 1 d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 110,069,250
- Composition Details:
- 90-70% Copper, 10-30% Tin90-70% Copper, 10-30% Tin
- Score:
- 24% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 12 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: (value) ONE / PENNY between decorations
inside a dotted decorated ring
legend: (state name) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
(bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(bottom, year) 1911 until 1936
designer: G.W. de Saulles
Obverse: (ruler) bust king George V (1910-1937, King of Great Britain)
legend: GEORGVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN:REX ED.IND.IMP:
(bottom, spacer/dot) •
designer: Edgar Bertram MacKennal (sculptor, 1863-1931)
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Mint marks:
I(c) - Calcutta
(H) - Heaton
(L) - London
(m) - Melbourne
(p) - Perth
(sy) - Sydney - Buy Now:
1 Penny
- Series:
- 1936~1952 - George VI
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000008, WCC:km36
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Emperors | Kangaroos | Kings | Mammals | Marsupials
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- India Government Mint, Mumbai, India | Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 9.3 grams
- Diameter:
- 30.85 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.75 mm
- Face value:
- 1 d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 190,665,250
- Composition Details:
- 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- 24% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: Red Kangaroo (left, Macropus rufus)
between (left) 7-pointed star (pointed upwards)
(right, year) 1938 until 1948
(designer, up-right) KG (George Kruger Gray, artist, 1880–1943)
legend: (above, state name) AUSTRALIA
(below, value) PENNY
Obverse: Head king George VI (1936-1952, King of Great Britain)
designer: (below truncation) HP (Thomas Humphrey
Paget, modeller, 1893-1974)
legend: (ruler) GEORGVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP.
(Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Rex Fidei defensor
Indiae Imperator, By the Grace of God, King of all Britons
Defender of the Faith emperor of India)
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Mintmarks:
I (b) - Bombay Mint, British India, dots before
& after "PENNY"
(m) - Melbourne Mint, Australia, no extra dots
(p) - Perth Mint, Australia, one dot after "PENNY"
Formerly known as: y15 - Buy Now:
- 2 sale offers from US$ 3.58
1 Penny
- Series:
- iInfringe
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000009, WCC:km43
- Themes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Issued on:
- 1949
- Last issue date:
- 1952
- Distribution:
- ColnectScrp
- Mints:
- CopyWrong
- Composition:
- ColnectScrp
- Edge:
- VisitColnectCom
- Orientation:
- from colnect.com
- Shape:
- CopyWrong
- Rim:
- ColnectScrp
- Weight:
- VisitColnectCom
- Diameter:
- ColnectIsBest
- Thickness:
- iInfringe
- Face value:
- iInfringe
- Known mintage:
- CopyWrong
- Composition Details:
- 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- VisitColnectCom
- Description:
- CopyWrong
- Buy Now:
- ColnectScrp
1 Penny
- Series:
- 1952~1964 - Elizabeth II - Pound Standard Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- iInfringe
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Kangaroos | Mammals | Marsupials | Queens | Stars
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Last issue date:
- iInfringe
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: dotted
- Weight:
- 9.45 grams
- Diameter:
- 30.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.71 mm
- Face value:
- 1 d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 13,139,016
- Composition Details:
- 97.5% copper, 2.0% zinc, 0.5% tin97.5% copper, 2.0% zinc, 0.5% tin
- Score:
- 65% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: Red kangaroo jumping left (Osphranter rufus), between (low-left) ✶, seven pointed star (pointed upwards, Australia) and low-right, year 1955 until 1964, top-right, designer KG (George Kruger Gray, 1880-1943). State name at top AUSTRALIA, mintmark, none (Melbourne), point "." (Perth), face value at bottom PENNY.
Obverse: Young (1st) bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (1952-2022), designed by Mary Gaskell Gillick (1881-1965, sculptor). Ruler and titles (spacers ♦ small rhombus) + ELIZABETH II♦DEI♦GRATIA♦REGINA (By the Grace of God).
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Mintmarks:
(m) - Melbourne Mint, Australia, no extra dot.
(p) - Perth Mint, Australia, one dot after AUSTRALIA.
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Formerly known as: y29 - Buy Now: