Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y") 

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Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y")
Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y")
Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y")Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y")

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4661911
Area
Coins
Title
Australia ½ penny 1939 (Kangaroo reverse) (single foot "Y")
Country
Australia
Face value
0,50 penny
Year
1939
Variety / overstrike
Kangaroo reverse, single foot "Y"
Era
Australia - Commonwealth (1901-present)
Head of State
George VI of the United Kindom (1936-1952)
Type
Coin
Designer
Kruger-Gray, George Edward, Paget, Thomas Humphrey
Series
Theme
Fauna (Animals), Kangaroos
Material
Bronze
Weight
5.6
Diameter
25.5
Thickness
Punch
Medal alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
Commonwealth of Australia, One Half penny, jaar
Reverse
Georgius VI D.G. Br.Omn: Rex F.D. Ind: Imp:
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None (Melbourne)
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 41
Catalogue number
Details
On this reverse the fur lines are less detailed and the rib lines have disappeared except for light evidence on the proofs. The most visible difference for this type is the foot of the 'Y' of 'HALFPENNY' which is truncated on the right hand side, and is best described as having a single foot. Since 1919, the Melbourne Mint had a record of altering dies, and the slight differences to the design would have occurred when a new master hub was taken from the London master. The working dies derived from this new master produced the bulk of the 1939 'Roo' halfpennies, and the design was used exclusively by the Melbourne and Perth mints on halfpennies throughout the 1940s.