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1 Penny - George V
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1911-1926 |
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| Thickness | 1.6 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS 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) |
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| Mintage | 1911 - 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 - |
| Additional information |
The George V penny series opened in 1911 with a modified effigy by Bertram Mackennal, whose initials BM on the truncation drew immediate public complaint — the abbreviation being slang for a bodily function. The initials were reduced in size but never removed. Production across this run was largely uninterrupted except for 1915–1917, when bronze was diverted to shell casings and penny output dropped sharply before recovering toward the end of the war.
The 1926 modified effigy variant, distinguished by a redesigned portrait, technically bridges this series into the next.