Australia 1933 half penny
This specimen was lot 74472 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. 1/2 Penny, 1933. Melbourne Mint. George V. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. Nicely preserved and attractive, this near Gem example displays lovely mottled patina with plenty original mint red and a slight iridescent sheen. From the Richard Margolis Collection." The type was struck 1911-36 at London, Calcutta, Melbourne (this specimen), Sydney and Heaton. The Melbourne mint produced this type 1920, 1923-36 without mintmark. This is a common date.
Recorded mintage: 4,608,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.67 g, bronze, 25.5 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-22.
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- Pitt, Michael, Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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