
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
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine | Extra Fine | Almost Uncirc. | Uncirc | Brilliant Uncirc. |
| 2002 | 6 | 60 | 400 | 1,250 | 2,800 | 7,000 | 14,000 |
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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