Australia 1942 I Halfpenny (Long Reverse Denticles)

Mint:	Bombay	Mintage:	Part 6,000,009 Estimate 50,000	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	5.67 grams	Diameter:	25.5 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Reverse C - Bombay

Designer:	Thomas Hugh Paget (Initials 'HP' raised below truncation)
Design:	Left facing profile of George VI
Legend:	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP .
Denticle Count:	147 teeth
Mint mark:	'I' under head

Designer:	George Edward Kruger-Gray (Initials 'KG' raised under tail)
Design:	Kangaroo facing right *
Legend:	AUSTRALIA HALF PENNY
Denticle Count:	104 thick & 104 thin teeth (Long)
Mint mark:	'•' 'HALF PENNY' '•'
Characteristics:	Downstrokes on 'H' of 'HALF' align with thick denticles Single foot on 'Y' of 'HALF PENNY' The kangaroo has a raised and lidded eye but otherwise has shallow definition with no fur lines especially in the ear. Long edge denticles

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Value

BM Ad NP	8 Good VG10	10 VG F12	12 about F F15	15 Fine VF20	20 good F VF25	25 about VF VF30	30 Very Fine VF35	35 good VF EF40	40 about EF EF45	45 Ext Fine AU50	50 good EF AU53	53 about Unc AU55	58+ virt Unc AU58	58-60 Uncirc MS60	58-61 Uncirc MS61	58-62 Uncirc MS62	63-64 Choice Unc MS63	64-65 near Gem MS64	65-66 Gem MS65	66-67 Gem MS66	67-68 Gem MS67	68 near Flaw MS68	69 virt Flaw MS69	70 Flawless MS70	Proof
B	$5 + NGC PCGS	$8 + NGC PCGS	$12 + NGC PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$40 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS	$60 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$100 + NGC PCGS 3	$125 + NGC PCGS 5	$175 + NGC PCGS 1	$200 + NGC PCGS 7	$300 + NGC PCGS 4	$400 + NGC PCGS	$500 + NGC PCGS	$600 + NGC PCGS 8	$1250 + NGC PCGS 14	$2500 + NGC PCGS 5 1	$4000 + NGC PCGS	$6000 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y
RB	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	$175 + NGC PCGS	$200 + NGC PCGS	$300 + NGC PCGS	$400 + NGC PCGS	$500 + NGC PCGS	$600 + NGC PCGS	$1000 + NGC PCGS	$1500 + NGC PCGS 1	$2500 + NGC 1 PCGS 4	$4000 + NGC PCGS 1	$7500 + NGC PCGS	$12500 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y
R	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	$600 + NGC PCGS	$1000 + NGC PCGS	$1500 + NGC PCGS	$2500 + NGC PCGS	$4000 + NGC PCGS	$7500 + NGC PCGS	$12500 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y

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Benchmark

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NGC/PCGS

Collectable grades

Does not exist by definition

Investment grades

Unlikely to exist

Aspirational grades

Bullion or metal value

Not known in these grades

Value as above

Proof

Y (Yes)
N (Not known)

Last updated April 2024

Notes:

The Melbourne Mint sent a coin or a die of its modified 1939 'Roo' Halfpenny to Calcutta which was used to model a new reverse for a late run of the 1942 I Halfpenny. Like the second 'Roo' reverse, the later 1942 I halfpennies had a single foot on the 'Y' of 'HALFPENNY' but now with the kangaroo shallower in definition and showing a lidded eye. In modelling this reverse, the denticles were made larger and were reduced in number from 106 to 104. It is considered that the additional changes constitute a new reverse type which was used on approximately 50,000 of the mintage of the 1942 I halfpennies and accounts for the entire mintage of the 1943 I Halfpenny. This die still existed in 1964 when it was re-polished and used to produce the 1942 I Proof Halfpenny re-strikes.