Australia 1917 I Penny

Mint:	Calcutta	Mintage:	6,240,000	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	9.45 grams	Diameter:	30.8 mm	Composition:	97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

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Obverse 2 - Indian (Calcutta)

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Reverse C - Calcutta

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:	178 teeth
Mint mark:	None
Characteristics:	Upstroke on 'N' of 'OMN' aligns with denticle

Designer:	William Henry James Blakemore (no attribution)
Design:	'ONE PENNY' surrounded by 90 beads contained within concentric circles
Legend:	• COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA •
Denticle Count:	179 teeth
Mint mark:	'I' above date
Characteristics:	Apex of first 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' falls between two denticles Apex of second 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' falls between two denticles Apex of last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' falls between two denticles 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 2 PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	$1 + NGC PCGS 2	$2 + NGC 4 PCGS 2	$3 + NGC PCGS	$4 + NGC PCGS 1	$5 + NGC 3 PCGS 1	$10 + NGC 2 PCGS	$18 + NGC 3 PCGS 2	$20 + NGC 4 PCGS 15	$25 + NGC 3 PCGS 10	$40 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC 2 PCGS	$75 + NGC 5 PCGS 7	$150 + NGC 5 PCGS 14 1	$300 + NGC 6 PCGS 21 2	$600 + NGC 2 PCGS 3	$1250 + NGC PCGS	$2500 + NGC PCGS	$4000 + 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	$15 + NGC PCGS	$20 + NGC PCGS	$30 + NGC PCGS	$50 + NGC PCGS	$75 + NGC PCGS	$100 + NGC PCGS	$175 + NGC 2 PCGS 6	$400 + NGC 2 PCGS 22	$750 + NGC 1 PCGS 34	$1500 + NGC 1 PCGS 10	$3000 + NGC PCGS 1	$5500 + NGC PCGS	$8000 + 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	$75 + NGC PCGS	$100 + NGC PCGS	$175 + NGC PCGS	$400 + NGC PCGS	$750 + NGC PCGS 1	$1500 + NGC PCGS 5 1	$3000 + NGC 1 PCGS 1	$5500 + NGC PCGS	$8000 + 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 December 2024

Notes:

As a result of the disruption to supply lines during World War I, the Calcutta branch of the Royal Mint was called upon to strike Australian pennies in 1916, 1917 and 1918 on dies supplied by the London Mint. These coins bear an 'I' mint mark on the reverse. The Melbourne Mint collection has no record of a proof of this date.