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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Value
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8
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VG10
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10
VG
F12
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12
about F
F15
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15
Fine
VF20
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20
good F
VF25
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25
about VF
VF30
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30
Very Fine
VF35
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35
good VF
EF40
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40
about EF
EF45
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45
Ext Fine
AU50
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50
good EF
AU53
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53
about Unc
AU55
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58+
virt Unc
AU58
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58-60
Uncirc
MS60
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58-61
Uncirc
MS61
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58-62
Uncirc
MS62
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63-64
Choice Unc
MS63
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64-65
near Gem
MS64
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65-66
Gem
MS65
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66-67
Gem
MS66
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67-68
Gem
MS67
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68
near Flaw
MS68
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69
virt Flaw
MS69
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70
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MS70
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$1
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$8
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$100
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$175
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$500
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$50
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$100
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$175
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PCGS
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$350
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$500
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$900
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Y
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BM
Benchmark
Ad
Adjectival
NP
NGC/PCGS
Collectable grades
Does not exist by definition
Investment grades
-
Unlikely to exist
Aspirational grades
BV
Bullion or metal value
Not known in these grades
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Value as above
Proof
Y (Yes)
N (Not known)
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.