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[[Image:SB121-23186o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23186]]
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This specimen was lot 23186 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Australia|AUSTRALIA]]. Penny, 1917-I. Calcutta Mint. PCGS MS-63 Red Brown Gold Shield. A coin with plenty of mint red and without marks or hairlines. The crown is a little softly struck, which may have influenced the assigned grade. In 1917, at the height of World War One, the Sydney and Perth mints struck gold while Melbourne struck gold and silver. The Calcutta mint was contracted to strike halfpence and pence." The Calcutta mint struck pennies for Australia 1916-18; of the three dates, this is the most common. After World War One, in 1919, Melbourne took over production.

''Recorded mintage:'' 6,240,000. 

''Specification:'' 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-23. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. ♪
* Pitt, Michael, ed., ''Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition,'' Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections'', Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Australia 1916-I penny|1916-I penny]]
* [[Australia 1917-M 3 pence|1917-M threepence]]
* [[Australia 1917-M shilling|1917-M shilling]]
* [[Australia 1917-M florin|1917-M florin]]
* [[Australia 1917-M sovereign|1917-M sovereign]]
* [[Australia 1917-P sovereign|1917-P sovereign]]
* [[Australia 1917-S sovereign|1917-S sovereign]]
* [[Australia 1918-I penny|1918-I penny]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1917]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale]]