1920 PENNY


Obverse:King GEORGE V - Design by Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal.
Legend: GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP.
Reverse:Design by W. H. J. Blakemore.
Legend: ONE PENNY - COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - 1920
Edge:Plain Edge.
Weight:9.45 grams (145.8 grains).
Size:30.8 mm (diameter).
Composition:Bronze - 97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin
Mintage:9,041,600 - Melbourne & Sydney.
Mintmarks:None.

Valuation :
1920 PENNY

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20026604001,2502,8007,00014,000

Notes:

Identical dies were used in Melbourne and Sydney. The issuing mint for a particular 1920 penny without a mintmark cannot be determined.

Two obverse die varieties were used to produce 1920 pennies - so called London and Indian dies. The London variety is rare. See the special article.


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