
Obverse: | King GEORGE VI - Design by Thomas Humphrey Paget.
Legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX FIDEI DEF. |
Reverse: | Wheat stalks & Ribbon - Design by George Kruger Gray.
Legend: AUSTRALIA - THREE PENCE - 1951 |
| Edge: | Plain Edge. |
| Weight: | 1.41 grams (21.8 grains). |
| Size: | 16.0 mm (diameter). |
| Composition: | .500 Silver - 50% Silver, 40% Copper, 5% Zinc and 5% Nickel. |
| Silver Content: | .0226 oz. |
| Mintage: | London: Circulation - 40,000,000 Proof - 20 (approx.). |
Mintmarks: | PL in lower folds of ribbon on reverse. |
Valuation : 1951 'PL' THREEPENCE
| Very Good | Fine | Very Fine | Extra Fine | Almost Uncirc. | Uncirc | Brilliant Uncirc. | Proof |
| 2002 | .30 | .50 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 8,000 |
Notes:
The London 'PL' mintmark is the abbreviation for the Latin phrase 'Pecunia Londonii' (Money of London) or 'Percussa Londinio' (Struck at London).
A limited issue proof version of the 1951 PL threepence was released as part of a 4 coin proof set.
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