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hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 04/19/2007 07:39 am I recently came into possession of 28 Australian Penneys (some duplicate dates) as follows. (I'm sure there's nothing obviously unusual or rare in this lot, but wonder if there's anything I should look for anyway.) 1919 1921 1922 1924 1927 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1947 1958 and a commemorative coin...1066-1966. TIA Edited by hunter20ga 04/19/2007 1:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 04/19/2007 08:59 am Australia didn't make a commemorative penny for the 900th anniversary of the Norman invasion... but the island of Jersey did. That coin will be from Jersey, not Australia. Australia didn't make any pennies in 1937; that one will be from somewhere else, too. Do all the other pennies actually say "Australia" on them? If it doesn't seem to say any country and just has a seated lady with a trident and the words "ONE PENNY", then they're British. If all the other dates are Australian pennies, there's nothing that stands out to me as being scarce, unless they're unusually well-preserved. There are a few 1919 varieties, one of which is scarce; it's complicated to explain what to look for; if you posted a pic, the experts here could tell you which variety you've got. Some of the other dates have mintmarks/privy marks that are a little more expensive than others. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 04/19/2007 09:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 04/19/2007 09:08 am Thanks, Sap. I got these as a group from a local coin shop. There's no reason to believe that they are anything special, they just came along with a collection from an estate several years ago, and no one has expressed any real interest in them. I just couldn't pass up buying them for a few bucks...nice to have something a bit different to look at and show off some day. As you might imagine, Australian coins are a bit unusual in Bismarck, North Dakota...way up on the northern edge of the central US. I figure that most of these came home with a US serviceman after WWII because the 1943's (there's three or four of them) all have lots of luster and appear lightly circulated. I don't have them handy (I'm at work)...but I'm fairly certain that the '37 does have a seated figure with a trident. I'm leaving on a business trip early tomorrow, but will try to post pics of the 1919 before I go. Again, thanks for taking the time to respond. Edited by hunter20ga 04/19/2007 09:12 am Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 04/19/2007 1:16 pm looking forward to seeing the pics Report this Post to the Staff
gnome Valued Member Australia 372 Posts	Posted 04/20/2007 02:58 am If you could post pics of the 24 and 27 obverses as well, please. There is a scarcer variety in those as well. Report this Post to the Staff
hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 04/20/2007 4:52 pm I will as soon as I get back to Bismarck...sometime middle of next week. Report this Post to the Staff
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