Description
British Empire, Australia, King George V (1910-1936 AD), Æ One Penny (9.42g, 30.5mm), 1925, Royal mint Melbourne or Sydney branch. Obverse: Crowned bust of King George V facing to the left, wearing coronation robes, engraver’s initials “BM” (Edgar Bertram MacKennal) in relief on truncation, legend surrounds, “GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP:”. Reverse: Denomination “ONE PENNY” central between scrolls above and below, all within inner rope and bead border, date below, legend surrounds, “COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA”. KM-23. Mintage 949,600. Awash with nice chocolate brown, dark surfaces, clear six pearls and full centre diamond, details Very Fine.
The Obverse Latin legend reads “Geōrgius Quīntus, Deī Grātiā, Britanniārum Omnium Rēx, Fideī Dēfēnsor, Indiae Imperātor”, with an English translation of “George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, King of all the British People, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”.
