Description
Country or authority: Commonwealth of Australia
Year or date range: 1920
Denomination: One penny
Composition: Bronze
Ruler or portrait: George V
Mint or mintmark: Dot above lower scroll
Catalogue references: KM# 23 (Australia)
Obverse description: Crowned and robed bust of George V facing left. Legend: GEORGIVS V D·G·BRITT:OMN:REX F·D·IND:IMP:; some punctuation is indistinct. The small designer’s initials are not securely readable.
Reverse description: ONE PENNY in two lines between ornamental scrolls, enclosed by a beaded circle. Outer legend COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, with 1920 below and a separator dot on either side.
