1916-I Half Penny

In 1916 the Calcutta

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint struck its first half pennies for Australia and would continue to do so until the end of World War I in 1918. Australian coinage would not be struck again at an Indian

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint until World War II. The Calcutta

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint half pennies struck from 1916 to 1918 are identified by an I

Mintmark

A marking, usually a letter or dot that signifies which mint struck a particular coin

 

mintmark beneath the lower scroll on the

Reverse

The tails side of the coin

 

reverse.

Mintmark of the 1916 Calcutta mint half penny.

The 1916-I is moderately scarce in top grades, especially if sought with original

Mint brilliance

The original golden-red-orange-pink colour of a copper coin

 

mint brilliance. It is almost always well struck up permitting typical

Mint state

A state of a coin that shows no signs of circulation

 

mint state grades from MS63 to MS64. The

Business strike

A coin struck for circulation

 

business strikes often feature a

Specimen

A coin struck from an early circulation die state, not intended for circulation

 

specimen-like finish and one should be careful not to confuse this with either a genuine

Specimen

A coin struck from an early circulation die state, not intended for circulation

 

specimen strike (Learn more about the 1916-I Specimen Half Penny) or a cleaned piece.

A very small number of 1916 half pennies were struck

Mule

An error coin in which the obverse and reverse of two different coins are mixed together

 

muled with the

Obverse

The heads side of the coin

 

obverse of an Indian one quarter anna (Learn more about the 1916-I Mule Half Penny).

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