Australia 1938 Halfpenny
Mint: | Melbourne | Mintage: | 7,401,600 | Milling: | Plain |
Weight: | 5.67 grams | Diameter: | 25.5 mm | Composition: | 97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin |
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Value
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8
Good
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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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 March 2024
Notes:
King George V died in January, 1936 and Edward VIII ascended the throne. The London Mint produced obverse master tools (hubs and dies) for Australia featuring the new monarch for all denominations, but on the abdication of the King these were destroyed. No Australian coins were struck with an Edward VIII obverse but hubs for the penny and threepence were sent to Australia and their destruction was confirmed by letter on December 19, 1936. In 1937 patterns were struck to test new obverse and reverse designs. These comprised double and single sided patterns for the penny, threepence, shilling and florin which all featured new reverses. No 1937 halfpenny or sixpence patterns are known to exist and coincidentally when the first circulating coins of George VI were introduced in February, 1938 the halfpenny and sixpence kept their old designs. It was probably the initial intention to keep one of each of the reverse design types to pay homage to the earlier coinage but in an apparent change of heart there was a change to the halfpenny design sometime in 1939.