Summary
Australia
Penny 1911
Mint: Royal Mint London
This was the first year tha bronze coins were issued for Australia. Penny and halfpenny denominations were struck at the Royal Mint in London.
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; around the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . 1911 .
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; around the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . 1911 .
Edge Description
Plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
1911 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 1911
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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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Type of item
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Dimensions
9.415 g (Weight)
This coin had a rondell with the number 5906 in Aug. 2005 and sits in the draw beside 5980 which is in infozone - its rondell has no weight recorded. These two may have been mixed in the relocation from Swanston St.
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Shape
Round
