Australia 1952 (M) Penny

Mint:	Melbourne	Mintage:	36,415,200	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 D - 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:	None
Characteristics:	Downstroke on 'P' of 'PENNY' aligns with thick denticle Downstroke on first 'N' of 'PENNY' aligns with thin denticle Downstroke on 'Y' of 'PENNY' aligns with thin denticle Upstrokes on 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' align with thick denticles Serif on cross-bar of '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	$1 + NGC PCGS 1	$2 + NGC PCGS	$3 + NGC PCGS 2	$5 + NGC PCGS 9	$8 + NGC PCGS	$10 + NGC 2 PCGS 1	$15 + NGC 1 PCGS 10	$20 + NGC 1 PCGS 24	$30 + NGC 1 PCGS 14	$40 + NGC 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 1 PCGS 10	$30 + NGC 4 PCGS 58	$50 + NGC 1 PCGS 81	$100 + NGC 2 PCGS 13	$175 + NGC PCGS	$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 3	$50 + NGC PCGS 34	$100 + NGC 2 PCGS 99 2	$175 + NGC 3 PCGS 26 1	$350 + NGC PCGS	$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:

The Melbourne-minted 1952 Penny is struck on a Type D reverse first used on the 1938 penny and is the same type used on the early strikes of the 1952 Perth penny. However, the '5' in the date of the Melbourne coin displays a serif on the cross bar which is not on either of the London derived reverses used by Perth. This confirms that the serifed '5' punch first used in 1945 and last used on the 1953 Melbourne Penny was a Melbourne Mint invention. W.J. Mullet a senior officer at the Melbourne Mint records 36,415,200 coins were struck in this year against an oft published mintage of 21,240,000. In the Benchmark Catalogue we have theorised that usable dies were re-deployed by the Melbourne Mint in the immediate years prior to Australia's changeover to Decimal Currency in 1966. This would account for the large number of coins of this date that are found randomly in late date coin hoards.