Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3463227
Area
Coins
Title
Australia ½ penny 1955
Country
Face value
Year
1955
Variety / overstrike
Type
Series
Material
Weight
5.67
Diameter
25.5
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
AUSTRALIA KG 1955 HALF PENNY *
Reverse
+ ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINA
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
9.343.000
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 49
Catalogue number
Details
Continuing from the 1953 and 1954 halfpennies, the obverse stops on this date are diamond shaped unlike the 1955 Perth minted penny which has normal dots. The entire mintage of the 1955 Halfpenny was struck at the Perth Mint and bears no mint mark. However, the Perth Penny of the same year did, so that it could not be confused with the Melbourne minted coin. It is also likely that for the first time the dies for the 1955 coins were manufactured by the Perth Mint which had developed the skill by late 1952.