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Detailed information about Coin: Halfpenny 1936 from Australia
| Description | 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. |
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| Country | Australia | Currency | Australian Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 1/2 (x Penny) | Type | Halfpenny - Commonwealth of Australia | ||||||
| Year | 1936 | Current | No (demonetised 1966) | ||||||
| Mintage | 2,562,200 (2.6 million) | ||||||||
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| Material | Bronze | Designer | William Henry James Blakemore | ||||||
| Monarch | King George V | Effigy | Portrait by Bertram Mackennal (Crowned Bust) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 25.4000 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 5.6700 | ||||||||
| 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). |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: · | ||||||||
| 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 ·. |
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| Reverse inscription | ONE HALF PENNY COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1936 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Notes | Remick 1971 lists mintage of 5,557,600. |
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| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
Coin - Halfpenny, Australia, 1936 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski source |
Coin - Halfpenny, Australia, 1936 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Australia KM# 22 |
| Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | A28 |
| Australian Coin Chart | H28 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
| Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | 1965 | Mint | ||
| Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values | 1965 | Mintage | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof |
| 1936(m) George V Australian Bronze Half Penny - Silveragecoins.com |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - Halfpenny, Australia, 1936 |
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