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Coin - Threepence, Australia, 1941
Reg. No: NU 5469
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- Summary:
- Australia
Threepence, 1941
Mint: Melbourne - Description:
- A silver coin (16 mm diameter with plain edge) featuring a bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials H.P.. The reverse features three ears of wheat held by a curved ribbon. Around above, AUSTRALIA; around below devided into two by the stalks of the wheat, THREE PENCE, above, across the middle of the coin the date devided into two by the ears, 1941. The artist's initials tucked into the first and last bends in the ribbon K G.
- Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 16 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 1.414 g (Weight) |
More information
| Themes this item is part of: | Numismatics & Philately Collection, George Kruger Gray, Designer, Painter & Medallist (1880-1943), HRH George VI (1895-1952), Melbourne Mint, Medal Makers, Victoria, Australia, Thomas Humphrey Paget, Medallist (1893-1974), Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint, Closure of Melbourne Mint, Melbourne Mint during World War II, Establishment of Melbourne Mint, 1872, Melbourne Mint |
| Primary Classification: | COINS |
| Secondary Classification: | Australia |
| Tertiary Classification: | working strikes |
| Series: | Pre-decimal |
| DateEra: | 1941 AD |
| Denomination: | Threepence |
| Obverse Description: | Bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D :G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials H.P. |
| Reverse Description: | Three ears of wheat held by a curved ribbon. Around above, AUSTRALIA; around below devided into two by the stalks of the wheat, THREE PENCE, above, across the middle of the coin the date devided into two by the ears, 1941. The artist's initials tucked into the first and last bends in the ribbon K G |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Obverse: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP Reverse: THREE PENCE 1941 AUSTRALIA K G |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Issued By: | HM George VI, Australia, 1941 |
| Mint: | Melbourne (Mint) |
| Artist: | Thomas Paget - Royal Mint, London |
| Artist: | George Gray - Royal Mint, London |
Themes
This item is part of the following themes:
- Numismatics & Philately Collection
- George Kruger Gray, Designer, Painter & Medallist (1880-1943)
- HRH George VI (1895-1952)
- Melbourne Mint, Medal Makers, Victoria, Australia
- Thomas Humphrey Paget, Medallist (1893-1974)
- Deputy Masters of the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint
- Closure of Melbourne Mint
- Melbourne Mint during World War II
- Establishment of Melbourne Mint, 1872
- Melbourne Mint
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