Summary
Australia
Halfpenny 1944
Mint: Melbourne
Physical Description
A bronze coin (25.5 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring a bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below the head in small lettering the artist's initials HP. The reverse features, a kangaroo leaping right; around above, AUSTRALIA; around below HALF PENNY. The date, 1944 is below the Kangaroo and the ederation star follows the word PENNY. The artist's initials, KG are below the kangaroo's tail near the rim.
Obverse Description
Bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below the head in small lettering the artist's initials HP.
Reverse Description
At centre a kangaroo leaping right; around above, AUSTRALIA; around below . HALF PENNY. The date, 1944 is below the Kangaroo and the Federation star follows the word PENNY. The artist's initials, KG are below the kangaroo's tail near the rim.
Edge Description
plain
Significance
See sup file for suggestion from Treasury that overtime could be dropped at this time.
Also return of coin from US Armed Forces at the time of their departure from Australia
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase from Mr Frieberg, 1979
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Date Issued
1944 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Artist
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Artist
Thomas Humphrey Paget - Royal Mint, London, London, England, Great Britain, 1937
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Inscriptions
Obverse: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: Reverse: AUSTRALIA HALF PENNY 1944 KG
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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
25.5 mm (Outside Diameter), 5.78 g (Weight)
weighed on electronic scales 13 Sept. 2005
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Shape
Round
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