Australia 1933/2 Penny (Overdate)
Mint: | Melbourne | Mintage: | Part 6,781,800 Estimate 200,000 | Milling: | Plain |
Weight: | 9.45 grams | Diameter: | 30.8 mm | Composition: | 97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin |
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Value
BM
Ad
NP
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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
Flawless
MS70
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Proof
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B |
$10
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NGC
PCGS
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$20
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NGC
PCGS
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$30
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NGC
PCGS
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$40
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NGC
PCGS
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$50
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NGC
PCGS
3
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$75
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NGC
6
PCGS
7
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$100
+
NGC
PCGS
14
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$125
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NGC
8
PCGS
23
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$200
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NGC
5
PCGS
28
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$300
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NGC
1
PCGS
11
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$400
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NGC
1
PCGS
6
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$500
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NGC
PCGS
10
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$750
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NGC
4
PCGS
14
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$1250
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NGC
PCGS
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$1750
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NGC
PCGS
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$2000
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NGC
PCGS
5
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$3500
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NGC
PCGS
6
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$7000
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NGC
PCGS
2
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$12500
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NGC
PCGS
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$17500
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NGC
PCGS
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$30000
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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N
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RB |
"
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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$500
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NGC
PCGS
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$750
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NGC
PCGS
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$1000
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NGC
PCGS
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$1500
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NGC
PCGS
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$2000
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NGC
PCGS
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$2500
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NGC
PCGS
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$4000
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NGC
PCGS
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$8000
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NGC
PCGS
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$13500
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NGC
PCGS
1
1
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$20000
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NGC
1
PCGS
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$35000
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NGC
PCGS
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$60000
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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-
+
NGC
PCGS
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N
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R |
"
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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"
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NGC
PCGS
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$2000
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NGC
PCGS
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$2500
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NGC
PCGS
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$4000
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NGC
PCGS
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$8000
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NGC
PCGS
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$13500
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NGC
PCGS
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$20000
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NGC
PCGS
1
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$35000
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NGC
PCGS
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$60000
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NGC
PCGS
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-
+
NGC
PCGS
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-
+
NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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-
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NGC
PCGS
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N
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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:
Although there is no record of its production, the 1933/2 Penny is undoubtedly the product of the Melbourne Mint altering 1932-dated hubs. The process involved hammering flat the last figure on a hub from which working dies could be lifted and the date re-punched. The Mint had employed this process previously on the 1925/3 Shilling and the 1922/1 Threepence, but why it undertook it in 1933 when a large mintage of 6,781,800 coins were struck is a mystery. A possible explanation was that retiring staff were called upon to impart their knowledge of this skill before their departure. Collectors claim there are four distinguishable varieties that show different degrees of the 2 showing through, which suggests multiple experimental dies and a mintage of perhaps 200,000.