1 Penny - George V

€578.00
IssuerUnited Kingdom
Year1911-1926
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Penny (1⁄240)
CurrencyPound sterling (1158-1970)
CompositionBronze
Weight9.45 g
Dimensions30.8 mm
Thickness1.6 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Obverse: Edgar Bertram MacKennal
Reverse: Leonard Charles Wyon
In circulation to31 August 1971
Reference(s) KM#810, Sp#4051-3
Obverse descriptionUncrowned portrait of King George V facing left, legend around.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringGEORGIVS V DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REX FID:DEF:IND:IMP: B.M.
(Translation: George the Fifth by the Grace of God King of all the Britains Defender of the Faith Emperor of India)
Reverse descriptionSeated figure of Britannia right, with trident in left hand and shield bearing the Union flag in right, sea behind, denomination above and date in exergue.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringONE PENNY 1922
EdgePlain
MintRoyal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975)
H
Heaton and Sons / The Mint
Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003)
KN
Kings Norton Metal Company,Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962)
Mintage1911  - Sp#4051 (obverse varieties exist) - 23 079 100
1912  - Sp#4051 - 48 306 000
1912 H - Sp#4052 - 16 800 000
1913  - Sp#4051 (obverse and reverse varieties exist) - 65 497 800
1914  - Sp#4051 - 50 820 900
1915  - Sp#4051 - 47 310 800
1916  - Sp#4051 (obverse varieties exist) - 86 411 100
1917  - Sp#4051 - 107 905 400
1918  - Sp#4051 - 84 227 300
1918 H - Sp#4052 - 2 573 000
1918 KN - Sp#4053 - 1 087 800
1919  - Sp#4051 - 113 761 000
1919 H - Sp#4052 - 4 526 000
1919 KN - Sp#4053 - 683 600
1920  - Sp#4051 - 124 693 400
1921  - Sp#4051 (obverse varieties exist) - 129 717 600
1922  - Reverse of 1927 -
1922  - Reverse of 1927; Specimen - 2
1922  - Sp#4051 - 16 346 700
1926  - Sp#4051; mintage incl. KM#826, Sp#4054 - 4 498 500
1926  - Sp#4051; Proof -
Catalog ID3645086680
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