Australia 1 penny 1918  

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
896255
Area
Coins
Title
Australia 1 penny 1918
Country
Australia
Face value
0,01 pound (1 penny, 1 piastre, 10 pruta)
Year
1918
Variety / overstrike
Era
Australia - Commonwealth (1901-present)
Head of State
George V of the United Kingdom (1910-1936)
Type
Coin
Designer
MacKennal, Edgar Bertram
Series
Theme
Material
Bronze
Weight
9.4
Diameter
30.8
Thickness
Punch
Medal alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ONE PENNY · 1918 ·
Reverse
GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Edge
Plain
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
I (Calcutta Mint, India)
Number produced
1.200.000
Krause and Mishler number
KM# 23
Catalogue number
Details
As a result of the disruption to supply lines during World War I, the Calcutta branch of the Royal Mint was called upon to strike Australian pennies in 1916, 1917 and 1918 on dies supplied by the London Mint. These coins bear an 'I' mint mark on the reverse. The Melbourne Mint collection has no record of a proof for this date.