Summary
Australia
Penny 1912 H
Mint: Heaton & Sons
Physical Description
A bronze coin (30.8 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring a crowned and robed bust of George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials B.M. The reverse features, within a circle of beads, the words ONE PENNY in two lines between upper and lower ornate scrolls (the mint mark H is below the lower scroll); around the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . 1912 .
Obverse Description
Crowned and robed bust of George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials B.M.
Reverse Description
At centre within a circle of beads, the words ONE PENNY in two lines between upper and lower ornate scrolls (the mint mark H is below the lower scroll); around the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . 1912 .
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978
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Date Issued
1912 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Artist
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Artist
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Inscriptions
Obverse: GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: Reverse: ONE PENNY COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1912 H
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Bronze
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
30.8 mm (Outside Diameter), 9.679 g (Weight)
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Exhibition Collection Management
30.8 mm (Width)
Diameter
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Shape
Round
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