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I can't seem to find any discussion but there has to be because there are quite significant differences.
If someone could point me in the right direction I'd be rapt, thanks, darge.
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Some halfpennies and pennies have different sized roos
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Australia
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This is the only one that I have ....   Was released from the pouch way too early  |
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Australia
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 A bigger paddock to run around in.!! |
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Australia
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i love it unicorn. More seriously though I have no idea what you are referring to darge  |
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ha ha @ Unicorny Lol  I'll post a couple of pics as soon as I can. |
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OK These are not the greatest divergence but best I could find for now.
Check the distance of the nose from the rim and the tail from the rim.
Note that the smaller roo on the 1941 is at the end of its hop and the big one on the 1943 is at the start.
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Try again.  |
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The one on the left in minted in India. In 1943 there were three mints that supplied Australia's pennies, Bombay, Melbourne and Perth. Both the 1942 and 1943 Indian minted pennies have a slightly different reverse to Perth and Melbourne minted coins.
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I thought that was the reason but the 'giant' roo is from all of the mints. I'm confident it isn't one particular one.
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I have just pulled out a 1944 Melbourne Mint, a 1942 Perth Mint and a 1943 Bombay Mint all with the large roo. I am sure I have seen them all with the small one too. There are actually several different roo reverses, perhaps as many as 6 or 7 I have noted. |
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Have a look at this roo from Bombay Mint in 1942.  |
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Australia
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The roo is the same as the 1943 issue but the denticles are longer on the 1942 issue as I recall.
I would love to see side by side pictures of all the different sized roos you have identified.
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Hi! enworb as I come across them I will take pics and put them up.
Your comment about the denticles suggests you have read or participated in some discussion about the various apparent roo sizes, can you point me towards this, if this is so please?
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The latest coin and banknote review has an article regarding denticle sizes/shapes on predecimal coins. That may be an interesting read for you. There has been no discussion on differing roo sizes that I can recall. If you read enough and carefully look at examples you will being able to culminate the information to form a resource for yourself, whether it be in your head or something you actually write down.
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Posted 12/18/2012 10:09 pm
