Australia 1919 Halfpenny

Mint:	Sydney	Mintage:	6,205,920	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	5.67 grams	Diameter:	25.5 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Obverse 1 - English

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Reverse A - 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:	156 teeth
Mint mark:	None

Designer:	William Henry James Blakemore (no attribution)
Design:	'ONE HALF PENNY' surrounded by 90 beads contained within concentric circles
Legend:	• COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA •
Denticle Count:	148 teeth
Mint mark:	None
Characteristics:	Straight based letters in the legend

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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 1 PCGS 1	BV + NGC PCGS	$3 + NGC PCGS	$5 + NGC PCGS	$8 + NGC PCGS	$12 + NGC 1 PCGS	$15 + NGC 1 PCGS 1	$25 + NGC PCGS	$35 + NGC PCGS	$40 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$50 + NGC 4 PCGS 2	$75 + NGC PCGS	$115 + NGC 1 PCGS	$135 + NGC 3 PCGS 4	$175 + NGC 5 PCGS 11	$250 + NGC 1 PCGS 19 1	$500 + NGC 2 PCGS 2	$1000 + NGC 1 PCGS	$1750 + NGC PCGS	$3000 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y
RB	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	" + NGC PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$40 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$115 + NGC PCGS	$150 + NGC PCGS	$175 + NGC PCGS	$225 + NGC PCGS 4	$300 + NGC 9 PCGS 30	$650 + NGC 1 PCGS 51 4	$1250 + NGC 1 PCGS 17	$2000 + NGC 2 PCGS 3	$3500 + NGC PCGS	$5000 + 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	$175 + NGC PCGS	$200 + NGC PCGS	$225 + NGC PCGS	$300 + NGC PCGS	$650 + NGC PCGS 3	$1250 + NGC PCGS 15	$2000 + NGC PCGS 2 1	$3500 + NGC 1 PCGS 1	$5000 + NGC PCGS	- + 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 October 2024

Notes:

1919 marked the first domestic production of Australian halfpennies which was undertaken by the Sydney Mint on unmarked working dies supplied by the London Mint.