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    • Penny date leans 1913/15
    • Penny no mintmark 1916
    • Penny date leans1919
    • Penny date leans 1922
    • Penny overdate 1932/3
    • Penny varieties 1952
    • Penny varieties 1955
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Penny dies and pairings for the years 1911 - 1936

Obverse 1: English (London) obverse. Final leg of N in OMN and the

following colon point between two rim beads. Wide gap between O and top

of crown. R in BRIT has short leg with pronounced knee. Both colons at

IMP point directly at rim beads. Used in 1911-1915, 1919-1936 with 177 rim denticles.

Obverse 2: Indian (Calcutta) obverse. Final leg of N in OMN and the

following colon points at a rim bead. Closer gap between O and top of

crown. R in BRIT has longer leg. Both colons at IMP points between two rim beads. Used in 1916-1918, 1920-1922, 1924, 1927, 1929-1931 with 178 rim denticles.

Reverse A: (London) AL aligned with rim denticles, IA aligned with gaps between denticles. Used from 1911 to 1931 at Sydney, Melbourne and London mints with 174 denticles.

Reverse B: (Birmingham)

AL aligned between denticles, IA aligned with denticles. "H" mintmark on the 1915 coin below the lower scroll. Used between 1912 and 1936 at Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Heaton and London mints with 177 denticles.

Reverse C: (Calcuta)

L aligned under a rim denticle, both A's and the I aligned with gaps between denticles. "I" mintmark on 1916 to 1918 coins below the lower scroll. Used between 1916 to 1920 at Sydney, Melbourne and Calcutta mints with 178 denticles.

Generic reverse image. This shows the general layout of the George V pennies with the denticles being the beads around the perimeter, the date at the bottom (some coins have date varieties) Commonweallth Of Australia being the perimeter wording and the denomination of ONE PENNY central between the upper and lower scrolls. Some years exhibit a mint mark (letter) beneath the lower scroll and there a

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There were no coins issued in 1937 and any existing are patterns only.

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