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Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2525 Posts	Posted 07/01/2014 04:59 am Three pennies me and younger sister bought at a yard sale several years ago on vacation. Two for a dollar each and one for free (the man running the yard sale said "give this to your brother", sometimes it's good having a little brother just tag along). Like other coins I have during my hoarder years they suffered from poor storage ,stacked in a paper bag in a cloth bag along with some mashed pennies and a wrapped cuttlebone in my drawer. Two are nice, the last isn't. Sorry for the pics being rather blurry, my lighting is really bad here. The first one. I think this one makes an easy AU, too bad about the fingerprint at 11 o'clock reverse. You can see slight ghosting from both sides but only if you turn the coin and look very hard. The second one. I love getting George VI coins but I suck at grading them since the strikes are often so mushy. Still has about 25% red, the obverse behind the head and on the cheek has toned a pink/purple-y kind of colour. I don't think the last one is gradeable, but it has a difference from the other pennies. It's got an "I" under the king's head and dots before and after "Penny". Is this standard for this year or is it struck by a different mint or something? Report this Post to the Staff

robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 07/01/2014 05:05 am The I below the King indicates that this Penny was minted in Bombay (India). Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2525 Posts	Posted 07/01/2014 2:03 pm Interesting! Australian coins are minted in another Commonwealth country Thoughts on grade anyone? Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 07/01/2014 6:55 pm Minted during World War 2.! Various other Australian coins were also minted in the U.S.A. during this time.! Easily obtained in good grades as are the other two.! Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 07/02/2014 07:21 am Slur,India in '42-'43 was part of the Empire so I don't think that is technically Commonwealth (the Commonwealth Games used to be called the Empire Games). Australia has had circulation coins minted in Wales, England, Canada, the US and India. Report this Post to the Staff
Altaira Pillar of the Community Canada 2525 Posts	Posted 07/10/2014 12:55 pm A bit of a history lesson for me! Report this Post to the Staff
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