Australia 1914 Penny

Mint:	London	Mintage:	720,000	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	9.45 grams	Diameter:	30.8 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Obverse 1 - English

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Reverse B - Birmingham

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:	177 teeth
Mint mark:	None
Characteristics:	Upstroke on 'N' of 'OMN' falls between two denticles

Designer:	William Henry James Blakemore (no attribution)
Design:	'ONE PENNY' surrounded by 90 beads contained within concentric circles
Legend:	• COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA •
Denticle Count:	177 teeth
Mint mark:	None
Characteristics:	Apex of first 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' falls between two denticles Apex of second 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' aligns with a denticle Apex of last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' aligns with a denticle Straight based letters in 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	$3 + NGC PCGS	$4 + NGC PCGS 1	$5 + NGC PCGS 1	$8 + NGC PCGS 1	$10 + NGC PCGS 1	$20 + NGC 2 PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$40 + NGC PCGS 1	$75 + NGC PCGS 5	$90 + NGC 3 PCGS 1	$150 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$200 + NGC 1 PCGS 7	$300 + NGC 4 PCGS 19	$400 + NGC PCGS	$500 + NGC 1 PCGS 2	$750 + NGC 3 PCGS 11	$1500 + NGC 1 PCGS 14	$2750 + NGC 1 PCGS 5 1	$4000 + NGC 2 PCGS	$7500 + NGC PCGS	$13500 + NGC PCGS	- + 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	$175 + NGC PCGS	$250 + NGC PCGS	$350 + NGC PCGS	$500 + NGC PCGS	$750 + NGC PCGS	$1000 + NGC PCGS	$1750 + NGC PCGS 2	$3000 + NGC PCGS 4	$5000 + NGC PCGS 9	$8500 + NGC PCGS 2	$15000 + NGC PCGS	$25000 + 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	$750 + NGC PCGS	$1250 + NGC PCGS	$2500 + NGC PCGS	$3000 + NGC PCGS	$5000 + NGC PCGS	$8500 + NGC PCGS	$15000 + NGC PCGS	$30000 + 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 September 2024

Notes:

Australia's first pennies dated 1911 bore no mint mark and were struck by London mint which also produced the mintages in 1913 and 1914. In 1915 it shared production with the Heaton Mint, Birmingham which it had previously sub-contracted to strike the 1912 pennies. The Heaton Mint pennies of 1912 and 1915 bear an 'H' mint mark.