Australia ½ penny 1951 (with dot, obverse 4) 

• 1951 
• KM# 42 
• Australia 
• 0,50 penny 

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Australia ½ penny 1951 (with dot, obverse 4)

1951

met punt, keerzijde 4

Kruger-Gray, George Edward, Paget, Thomas Humphrey

Fauna (Animals), Kangaroos

5.6

25.5

1.3

AUSTRALIA 1951 HALF PENNY *

GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX FIDEI DEF.

Plain

24.000.000

KM# 42

Schön# 29

1951 marked the pinnacle of Australian halfpenny production, with three mints producing a total of 41,422,800 coins of five different types. The Perth Mint struck 29,422,080 halfpennies both with and without the 'Y.' mint mark and using two different obverse dies, combinations of which resulted in the occurrence of common, scarce and rare types for the same year. The rarest of the four Perth issues, with a reported mintage of just 126,720, used the obverse introduced in 1949 which is distinguished by 146 denticles and allied it with the 'no mint mark' reverse. Another variety which aligned the 'no mint mark' reverse with a new obverse with 149 denticles accounts for less than ten percent of the overall mintage and is itself a scarce coin. The 1951 Y. Halfpenny with the old obverse is scarcer than the 1951 Y. Halfpenny with the new obverse which constitutes the major production run.