COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL COPPER PENNIES AND HALF PENNIES WITH FRENCH COINS

A MIXED LOT OF PREDOMINANTLY AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL COPPER COINAGE COMPRISING PENNIES AND HALF PENNIES SPANNING FROM THE EARLY COMMONWEALTH PERIOD THROUGH TO THE FINAL YEARS OF PRE-DECIMAL CURRENCY. THE LOT ALSO INCLUDES A SMALL NUMBER OF FRENCH REPUBLIC COINS AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BRITISH PENNY.

COINS IDENTIFIED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS:

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - ONE PENNY (GEORGE V REVERSE, TEXT DESIGN):
* 1911
* 1916
* 1919
* 1922
* 1929
* 1935 (APPEARS TWICE)
* 1936

AUSTRALIA - ONE PENNY (KANGAROO REVERSE DESIGN):
* 1939
* 1942 (APPEARS TWICE)
* 1944
* 1950 (APPEARS TWICE)
* 1951
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963

AUSTRALIA - HALF PENNY:
* 1948 HALF PENNY VISIBLE

OTHER COINS:
* REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE COIN DATED 1987
* REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE COIN DATED 1991
* ADDITIONAL SMALLER DENOMINATION COINS AND HEAVILY WORN PIECES WHERE DATES AND DENOMINATIONS ARE NOT CLEARLY LEGIBLE

CONDITION NOTES:
THE COINS RANGE IN CONDITION FROM FAIR TO GOOD CIRCULATED GRADES. THE EARLIER COMMONWEALTH PENNIES (1911 TO 1922) SHOW HEAVIER WEAR AND DARKER PATINA. THE 1916 PENNY RETAINS REASONABLE DETAIL WITH EVEN BROWN TONING. THE KANGAROO REVERSE PENNIES FROM THE 1940S THROUGH 1960S GENERALLY RETAIN MORE DETAIL, WITH THE 1958 PENNY SHOWING THE CLEAREST DEFINITION. SEVERAL COINS DISPLAY VERDIGRIS AND SURFACE DEPOSITS. ONE COIN IN THE LOT APPEARS ALMOST ENTIRELY SMOOTH WITH VERY LITTLE REMAINING SURFACE DETAIL. THE FRENCH COINS SHOW SURFACE CORROSION AND DISCOLOURATION.

MATERIAL: COPPER

TYPE: PREDOMINANTLY AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL PENNIES AND HALF PENNIES, WITH FRENCH REPUBLIC COINS

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293634+20

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