Australia 1951 PL Penny

Mint:	London	Mintage:	18,000,000	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	9.45 grams	Diameter:	30.8 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Obverse 5 - English

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Reverse F - London

Designer:	Thomas Hugh Paget (Initials 'HP' raised below truncation)
Design:	Left facing profile of George VI
Legend:	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX FIDEI DEF .
Denticle Count:	155 teeth
Mint mark:	None
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:	81 thick & 81 thin teeth
Mint mark:	'PENNY' 'PL'
Characteristics:	Downstroke on 'P' of 'PENNY' aligns with thin denticle Downstroke on first 'N' of 'PENNY' falls between a thick & thin denticle Downstroke on 'Y' of 'PENNY' aligns with thick denticle First upstroke of 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' falls between thick and thin denticles. Straight cross-bar on '5' in date

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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	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	$1 + NGC PCGS	$2 + NGC 1 PCGS 2	$3 + NGC PCGS 1	$5 + NGC 2 PCGS 2	$8 + NGC PCGS	$10 + NGC 1 PCGS	$15 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$20 + NGC 3 PCGS 4	$30 + NGC 1 PCGS 5	$40 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$75 + NGC PCGS	$150 + NGC PCGS	$300 + 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	$3 + NGC PCGS	$4 + NGC PCGS	$6 + NGC PCGS	$10 + NGC PCGS	$15 + NGC PCGS	$20 + NGC PCGS	$25 + NGC PCGS 2	$35 + NGC PCGS 16	$50 + NGC 1 PCGS 66	$100 + NGC 5 PCGS 43	$175 + NGC PCGS 2	$350 + NGC PCGS	$500 + 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	$15 + NGC PCGS	$20 + NGC PCGS	$25 + NGC PCGS	$35 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS 4	$100 + NGC PCGS 39 2	$175 + NGC 1 PCGS 55 4	$350 + NGC PCGS 8	$500 + NGC PCGS	$900 + 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:

In 1951, the London Mint was called upon for the first time since 1915 to strike coins for Australia. It produced a new master hub for the reverse from a 1937 master die but, in adding the edge detail, the previous alignment of the legend to the edge denticles was altered. This change in alignment does not in itself warrant the classification of a different reverse type, but a new Type 'F' reverse has been recognised because for the first time the source die was subsequently altered by both the Melbourne and Perth mints to create different alignments.