Description
Country or authority: Australia
Year or date range: 1933
Denomination: One penny
Composition: Bronze
Ruler or portrait: George V
Mint or mintmark: Melbourne
Catalogue references: KM# 23
Obverse description: Crowned and robed bust of George V facing left, within a beaded border. Legend letters read GEORGIVS V D G BRITT OMN REX F D IND IMP, separated by stops and colons. A narrow isolated mark is visible below the right-hand portion of the bust.
Reverse description: ONE PENNY in two lines between ornamental scrolls, enclosed by a beaded circle. Outer legend COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, with 1933 below between two dots. An irregular stroke within the upper loop of the final 3 requires closer examination.
