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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Obverse 2 - English

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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:	Upstroke of 'N' of 'THREEPENCE' aligns with a denticle

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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	$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 17	$900 + NGC PCGS	$1250 + NGC 1 PCGS 1	$2000 + NGC 2 PCGS 14	$3000 + NGC 5 PCGS 11 1	$4000 + NGC 2 PCGS 9	$6000 + NGC PCGS 4	$8000 + NGC 1 PCGS 3	$12500 + NGC PCGS	$20000 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	N

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:

An obverse of the new King George V was introduced which would run uninterrupted on Australian threepences from 1911 until his death in 1936.