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bkh2015 Valued Member 156 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 11:55 am Hi, It this normal for penny 1940 have dot after Y.? Report this Post to the Staff

nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 12:28 pm 1940 pennies exist with no dot (Melbourne), dot after Y (Perth) and dot between KG (K.G)(also Perth Mint). The K.G is the scarcest, it also exists for 1941 but by 1942 all Perth pennies were dot after Y except during 1952 when it moved to after the third A. Report this Post to the Staff
wwwww Pillar of the Community Australia 541 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 8:03 pm His coin has Melbourne mint characteristics. I'm not aware of a dot after the Y variety for the 1940 but after looking through my photo archives I came across this coin which has the dot in roughly the same place: It's possible bkh's coin has post-mint damage and this one is just a tone spot, but if it is a variety it's much scarcer than the KG. Either way both coins came out of the Melbourne mint. Report this Post to the Staff
bkh2015 Valued Member 156 Posts	Posted 09/09/2014 10:21 pm Is this dot or just post mint damage? nealenfendi, wwwww there is not dot after Y 1940 as per info below: A dot after the Y of Penny indicates Perth Mint and was used from 1941 to 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1955 to 1964 inclusive. If this is correct. Edited by bkh2015 09/09/2014 11:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 12:12 am Your right about 1940 and Perth (oops....the hazards of typing after a long day). Report this Post to the Staff
bkh2015 Valued Member 156 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 12:29 am nealenffendi, What do thinks of these coins, are these dot after Y or just PMD? since you are know better than us when come to large penny. Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/10/2014 06:16 am Truthfully I doubt that anyone can be certain about the details for the dot positions for 1940-41. The mint records were inadequate and Perth stepped in at short notice to strike the pennies (using Melbourne supplied dies. Melbourne marked the dies and just as for 1919-1920 they didn't record their reasoning for the dots. Even the '41 High Dot is held by many to be a mint mark (probably just a die chip). Report this Post to the Staff
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