Australia 1943 I Penny (Short Reverse Denticles)

Mint:	Bombay	Mintage:	Part 9,000,006 - Estimate 8,900,006	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	9.45 grams	Diameter:	30.8 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Obverse 4 - Indian (Bombay)

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Reverse E(i) - Bombay (modified)

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:	145 teeth
Mint mark:	'I' under head
Characteristics:	Upstroke on 'N' of 'OMN' falls between two denticles

Designer:	George Edward Kruger-Gray (Initials 'KG' raised above tail)
Design:	* Kangaroo facing left
Legend:	AUSTRALIA PENNY
Denticle Count:	77 thick & 77 thin teeth (Short)
Mint mark:	'•' 'PENNY' '•'
Characteristics:	Downstroke on 'P' of 'PENNY' aligns with thick denticle Downstroke of first 'N' of 'PENNY' aligns with thin denticle Downstroke on 'Y' of 'PENNY' aligns with thick denticle First upstroke of 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' aligns with a thin denticle Short reverse 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	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	$1 + NGC PCGS	$2 + NGC 1 PCGS 2	$3 + NGC PCGS	$5 + NGC PCGS	$8 + NGC 3 PCGS	$15 + NGC 5 PCGS 5	$20 + NGC PCGS	$40 + NGC 1 PCGS	$60 + NGC 7 PCGS 7	$100 + NGC 13 PCGS 17	$175 + NGC 5 PCGS 13	$250 + NGC PCGS 2	$400 + NGC PCGS	$750 + NGC PCGS	$1250 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y
RB	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	$5 + NGC PCGS	$10 + NGC PCGS	$20 + NGC PCGS	$25 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$125 + NGC PCGS 2	$200 + NGC 6 PCGS 18	$300 + NGC 10 PCGS 48 1	$500 + NGC 3 PCGS 4	$800 + NGC PCGS	$1500 + NGC PCGS	$2500 + 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	$60 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$125 + NGC PCGS	$200 + NGC PCGS	$300 + NGC PCGS 1 1	$500 + NGC PCGS 8	$800 + NGC 2 PCGS 1	$1500 + NGC PCGS	$2500 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y

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Benchmark

Adjectival

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:

This variety makes up the majority of the 1943 mintage and except for less pronounced reverse edge denticles, it is the same as the 1943 'long denticle' variety. The difference could have been caused by a small increase in the size of the central design of the coin when it was being copied by pantograph from the model to a hub. This would result in the edge denticles being pushed out and shortened. Proof restrikes were made unofficially by the Calcutta Mint and sold to collectors in May,1965. The variety of this coin with a missing 'I' is believed to be the result of a filled die.