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* [[Australia 1938 florin|1938 florin]] | * [[Australia 1938 florin|1938 florin]] | ||
* [[Australia 1938 crown|1938 crown]] | * [[Australia 1938 crown|1938 crown]] | ||
| − | * [[Australia 1939 half penny KM-41|1939 | + | * [[Australia 1939 half penny KM-35|1939 half penny, value reverse]] |
| + | * [[Australia 1939 half penny KM-41|1939 half penny, kangaroo reverse]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1938]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1938]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Australia]] | * return to coins of [[Australia]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]] | [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sales 176, 177, 178]] | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 31 July 2022
This specimen was lot 13008 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $7,050. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. 1/2 Penny, 1938. NGC PROOF-63 RB. RARE. Mintage of only 250 pieces. Tied for highest graded by NGC. From the Demarete Collection." The reverse was revised in 1939 to feature the leaping kangaroo (KM 41). This product of the Melbourne mint is common up thru About Uncirculated.
Recorded mintage: 3,014,000 plus 250 proofs.
Specification: 5.6 g, bronze, 25.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 35.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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