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½ Penny (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
- 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:
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1 Penny
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000008, WCC:km36
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Emperors | Kangaroos | Kings | Mammals | Marsupials
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Last issue date:
- ColnectScrp
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- India Government Mint, Mumbai, India | Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | Perth Mint, Perth, Australia
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- 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$ 3.56
3 Pence (George VI)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000014, WCC:km37
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Crops | Emperors | Kings | Ribbons
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Last issue date:
- VisitColnectCom
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | United States Mint, Denver, CO, U.S.A. | United States Mint, San Francisco, (1937~Today), 155 Hermann St. CA, U.S.A.
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: gladiform
- Weight:
- 1.41 grams
- Diameter:
- 16 mm
- Thickness:
- 1 mm
- Face value:
- 3 d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 110,880,250
- Composition Details:
- silver 925silver 925
- Score:
- 32% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Reverse: Three wheat stalks divide date 19 - 38 until 44 and engraver K - G (George Edward Kruger-Gray); AUSTRALIA THREE PENCE
Obverse: Head left; GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP. HP (Thomas Humphrey Paget)
Mint marks:
D - Denver
(m) - Melbourne
S - San Francisco - Buy Now:
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6 Pence
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000021, WCC:km38
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Emperors | Kings
- Issued on:
- 1938
- Last issue date:
- 1945
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
- Weight:
- 2.83 grams
- Diameter:
- 19.4 mm
- Face value:
- 6 d - Australian penny
- Known mintage:
- 60,040,250
- Composition Details:
- Ag 925*Ag 925*
- Score:
- 41% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
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1 Shilling
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Emperors | Kings | Mammals | Sheep
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | United States Mint, San Francisco, (1937~Today), 155 Hermann St. CA, U.S.A.
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: gladiform
- Weight:
- 5.65 grams
- Diameter:
- 24 mm
- Face value:
- 1 s - Australian shilling
- Known mintage:
- 53,480,000
- Composition Details:
- silver 925silver 925
- Score:
- 59% Accuracy: High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
- Obverse: Bare head of King George VI facing left; around, the monarch's legend in Latin GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP. (George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India); below the neck truncation in small letters are the artist's initials HP
Reverse: A merino ram's head facing three-quarters left; around above, AUSTRALIA; around below between two Federation stars, the denomination and date SHILLING · 194x. The artist's initials K·G (George Kruger Gray) are in the field above the star on the right.
The mint mark S of the San Francisco Mint is in the field above the letter "N" of SHILLING. Coins struck by the Melbourne Mint have no mint mark. - Buy Now:
1 Florin (2 Shillings)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:AU-000036, WCC:km40
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Coats of Arms | Emperors | Kings
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Last issue date:
- iInfringe
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Melbourne Mint, Melbourne, Australia | United States Mint, San Francisco, (1937~Today), 155 Hermann St. CA, U.S.A.
- Composition:
- Silver
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: gladiform with pins in between. Back: gladiform
- Weight:
- 11.3 grams
- Diameter:
- 28.6 mm
- Face value:
- 1 Australian florin
- Known mintage:
- 112,802,000
- Composition Details:
- silver 925silver 925
- Score:
- 53% Accuracy: Very High
- Related items:
- 1 (See)
- Description:
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