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Australia 1912 Threepence

Mint:London Mintage:2,400,000 Milling:Plain
Weight:1.41 grams Diameter:16 mm Composition:92.5% Silver, 7.5% Copper
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Wear
Obverse 2 - English
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Wear
Reverse B - London
Designer: Sir (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal (Initials 'B.M.' raised on truncation)
Design:Left facing profile of George V
Legend:GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP: •
Denticle Count:121 teeth
Mint mark: None
Designer: William Henry James Blakemore (no attribution)
Design:Star above a Kangaroo and Emu standing left and right of the Armorial Ensigns of the Commonwealth of Australia. 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA' in ribbon below. ∋ ∈
Legend:THREEPENCE
Denticle Count:115 teeth
Mint mark: None
Characteristics:
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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
BV
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
BV
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$3
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$8
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$10
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
2
 
$15
+
NGC
1
 
PCGS
 
 
$30
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$50
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$100
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
3
 
$125
+
NGC
1
 
PCGS
4
 
$225
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
5
 
$300
+
NGC
6
 
PCGS
13
 
$750
+
NGC
13
 
PCGS
16
 
$900
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$1250
+
NGC
1
 
PCGS
1
 
$2000
+
NGC
2
 
PCGS
12
 
$3000
+
NGC
5
 
PCGS
11
1
$4000
+
NGC
2
 
PCGS
9
 
$6000
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
3
 
$8000
+
NGC
1
 
PCGS
3
 
$12500
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
$20000
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
-
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
-
+
NGC
 
 
PCGS
 
 
N
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)
Last updated March 2024
Notes:
An obverse of the new King George V was introduced which would run uninterrupted on Australian threepences from 1911 until his death in 1936.