1926 Half Penny

In the final year of the Sydney

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint, just over 4 million half pennies were produced: 1,992,000 from the Sydney

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint and 2,140,800 from the Melbourne

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint (Coin Web, 2007). While no identifying features were specifically added to the coin's design to differentiate coins struck from each respective

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint, the Sydney

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issues feature a more direct, cleaner,

Brilliant finish

A coin finish characterized by angled reflective surfaces producing a cartwheel effect

 

brilliant finish alongside a stronger central strike and weaker

Legend

The inscription around the inner edge of the coin

 

legend, while the Melbourne

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issues although also struck with a

Brilliant finish

A coin finish characterized by angled reflective surfaces producing a cartwheel effect

 

brilliant finish, tended to be less even in reflectivity and often suffer from a

Central strike weakness

A weak strike around the centre of the design caused by a lack of concavity in the dies relative to strike pressure.

 

central strike weakness.

1926 Sydney mint Half Penny	1926 Melbourne mint Half Penny

Notice how the Sydney

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issue illustrated on the left above has some weakness around the periphery consistent with many 1922 Sydney

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issues while the Melbourne

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint has a

Central strike weakness

A weak strike around the centre of the design caused by a lack of concavity in the dies relative to strike pressure.

 

central strike weakness consistent with surrounding years struck in Melbourne.

The date is readily available in circulated grades and in

Mint state

A state of a coin that shows no signs of circulation

 

mint state can be acquired for a fairly affordable price though obtaining the coin with original

Mint brilliance

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

 

mint brilliance does still represent a challenge.

Date set

A complete set of all years and mintmarks of a particular series

 

Date set collectors should aim for this date in at least MS64BN perhaps dropping to MS63 if an

Red-brown

The colour designation of a copper coin that has between 5% and 95% of its original mint brilliance remaining

 

Red-Brown coin is offered.

The Sydney and Melbourne

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mints also produced

Specimen

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

 

specimens (Learn more about the 1926 Specimen Half Penny) and

Proof of record

A proof or specimen strike intended to represent a circulation piece produced for mint records

 

proofs (Learn more about the 1926 Proof Half Penny) respectively in 1926.

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