Coin - Crown (5 Shillings), Australia, 1938

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Summary:: Australia
Crown 1938
Mint: Melbourne
Description:: A silver coin (38 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below the head in small lettering the artist's initials HP. The reverse features the Imperial crown with the date 1938 below; around above, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; around below, . ONE CROWN .
The artist's initials K.G are in small letters in the field at the bottom right of the crown.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 1978

Themes this item is part of:	George Kruger Gray, Designer, Painter & Medallist (1880-1943), HRH King George V (1865-1936), Numismatics & Philately Collection, 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:	1938 AD
Denomination:	Crown (5 Shillings)
Obverse Description:	Bare head of George VI facing left; around, GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: ; below the head in small lettering the artist's initials HP.
Reverse Description:	At centre the Imperial crown with the date 1938 below; around above, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA; around below, . ONE CROWN . The artist's initials K.G are in small letters in the field at the bottom right of the crown.
Edge Description:	Milled
Inscriptions:	Obverse: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP: Reverse: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 1938 ONE CROWN
Shape:	round
Material:	Silver
Issued By:	King George V, Australia, 1938
Mint:	Melbourne (Mint)
Artist:	Thomas Paget - Royal Mint, London
Artist:	George Gray - Royal Mint, London