
Obverse: | King GEORGE VI - Design by Thomas Humphrey Paget.
Legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP. |
Reverse: | Kangaroo - Design by George Kruger Gray.
Legend: AUSTRALIA - PENNY - 1945 |
| 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: | Perth: Circulation - 15,172,800 Proof - 11. |
| Mintmarks: | Dot afer Y of PENNY on reverse. |
Valuation : 1945 Y. PENNY
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine | Extra Fine | Almost Uncirc. | Uncirc | Brilliant Uncirc. | Proof |
| 2002 | .50 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 100 | 185 | 17,500 |
Notes:
Known Varieties & Errors:
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Large Dot after KG of designers initials on reverse.
Values
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine |
| 1974 | | 2 | |
| 1998 | | | 8 |
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Brokage - inverse mirror reverse on obverse.
Values
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine |
| 1974 | | 10 | |
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