| Coin | Halfpenny 1936 |
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A bronze coin (25.5 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring a crowned and robed bust of George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V D.G: BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials B.M. The reverse features, within a circle of beads, the words ONE HALF PENNY in three lines above a plain scroll; around the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA . 1936 .
This was the last issue in the name of King George V. Production continued into 1937 due to the abdication of King Edward VIII. |
| Mint | Melbourne Mint |
| Obverse |
Crowned and robed bust of King George V facing left; around, the monarch's legend in Latin GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: · (George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India); in relief on the bust truncation, in small letters are the artist's initials B.M. (for [Sir Edgar] Bertram Mackennal). |
| Obverse Inscription |
GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: · |
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| Reverse |
At centre within a circle of beads, the denomination ONE HALF PENNY in three lines above a plain scroll; around above, outside the circle of beads, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; below, the date · 1936 ·. |
| Reverse Inscription |
ONE HALF PENNY COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1936 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Remick 1971 lists mintage of 5,557,600.
Krause catalogues list mintage at 2,562,000. |
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