Australia 1949 Threepence

Mint:	Melbourne	Mintage:	26,800,000	Milling:	Plain
Weight:	1.41 grams	Diameter:	16 mm	Composition:	50% Silver, 40% Copper, 5% Nickel, 5% Zinc

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Obverse 4 - English

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Reverse C - London

Designer:	Thomas Hugh Paget (Initials 'HP' raised below truncation)
Design:	Left facing profile of George VI
Legend:	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX FIDEI DEF .
Denticle Count:	118 teeth
Mint mark:	None

Designer:	George Edward Kruger-Gray (Initials 'K' below left ribbon, 'G' below right ribbon)
Design:	Three wheat stalks bound loosely by a ribbon
Legend:	AUSTRALIA THREE PENCE
Denticle Count:	83 thick & 83 thin teeth
Mint mark:	None

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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 PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	BV + NGC PCGS	$2 + NGC PCGS	$3 + NGC PCGS 1	$5 + NGC 2 PCGS 10	$8 + NGC PCGS	$15 + NGC PCGS 1	$18 + NGC 1 PCGS 16	$35 + NGC PCGS 13	$60 + NGC 2 PCGS 30 1	$115 + NGC 1 PCGS 21 1	$225 + NGC PCGS 3	$450 + NGC PCGS	$900 + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	- + NGC PCGS	Y

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