Australia 1952 A. Penny

Mint:	Perth	Mintage:	Part 45,514,800 - Estimate 4,183,200	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:	'.' after 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA'
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 Straight cross-bar on '5' and pointed serif on the base of '2' 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	$1 + NGC PCGS 1	$2 + NGC PCGS 1	$3 + NGC PCGS 2	$5 + NGC PCGS 4	$8 + NGC PCGS 13	$10 + NGC PCGS	$15 + NGC 2 PCGS 1	$25 + NGC 3 PCGS 16	$40 + NGC PCGS 9	$60 + NGC PCGS 1	$125 + NGC PCGS	$250 + NGC PCGS	$500 + NGC PCGS	$900 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	N
RB	' + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	$4 + NGC PCGS	$6 + NGC PCGS	$10 + NGC PCGS	$12 + NGC PCGS	$20 + NGC PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS 5	$75 + NGC 1 PCGS 10	$150 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$300 + NGC 1 PCGS	$600 + NGC PCGS	$1000 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	N
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	$20 + NGC PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$150 + NGC PCGS	$300 + NGC PCGS	$600 + NGC PCGS	$1000 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	N

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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:

By 1952, the Perth Mint had acquired the skill to produce its own working dies from a master die. Perth received two distinct 1951 reverse master tools directly from London which became the basis of its 1952 master dies. The D reverse which was first used on the 1938 penny was quickly discarded, but not before the Perth Mint had experimented with re-entering the '2' on the working dies. Variety collectors claim up to a dozen different versions of the '2' on this scarcer reverse but the overwhelming majority have a pointed serif on the base of the '2'. Many of the supposed differences are slight but dedicated variety collectors may wish to single out a version of the '2' that tilts to the right and one where the base of the '2' is more wedge-shaped, both of which are more noticeable. For the first time the Perth Mint used a dot '•' after the last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' as its mint mark.