? The 1931 half penny has the lowest official mintage of the half penny series with a mere 369,600 pieces being produced. This low demand for circulating currency was due to reduced need brought about by the Great Depression. While this low mintage has resulted in the date being scarce in lower grades, in lower mint state grades the date is relatively easy to acquire, not much scarcer than later years. In MS64 and above however, the date becomes very scarce with just three coins ...
? The 1930 half penny, while generally put alongside the 1931 in terms of rarity despite its higher mintage, is in fact a much scarcer coin, especially when sought in mint state. While the 1931 is readily available up to MS63, the 1930 is a different story being very scarce up to MS63 and rare in higher grades. The most likely explanation is that the 1930 was circulated during the high of the depression, and being a low denomination, it was also the most circulated coin of the time. The financial ...
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? Struck along side the Perth mint half penny and penny, and the threepence, the 1964 penny is the last pre-decimal coin to be struck in Australia. With 10 million pieces struck to serve just two years of circulation, numerous unused bank rolls of 1964 pennies have surfaced making the coin very common in mint state . Sourcing the date with full mint brilliance can be quite easy although the date does pose quite a challenge if desired in MS65 and is very rare in MS66.
? The 1919 Half Penny was struck at the Sydney Mint to a total mintage of 3,326,400 pieces. Graded population data from PCGS shows a number of mint-state examples with the majority in the red-brown designation grading between MS62 and MS66. Collectors seeking a mint-state example of the type would do well in grades up to MS64 before the type becomes very expensive and scarce. In early 1919 the Commonwealth Government began to consider minting its copper coins locally. Previously Australia's ...