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1 Penny - George V Kookaburra Pattern - Type 6
| Issuer | Commonwealth of Australia |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George V occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the facial features, beard, and mustache. The portrait is set within a recessed circular area against a smooth field, characteristic of pattern coinage. The legend GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT.OMN:REX arcs around the upper periphery in bold capital letters. The date 1919 appears in the lower field, flanked by small decorative stops. The overall design is contained within the distinctive square-with-rounded-corners flan format proposed for the Australian pattern penny series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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In 1919, the Australian government was actively exploring alternatives to the bronze penny inherited from British practice, with kookaburra designs among several competing proposals for a distinctly national coinage. This Type 6 pattern is one of a small series of trial pieces struck in copper-nickel rather than the bronze that would have been expected for a circulation penny — the alloy change itself suggesting the committee was reconsidering both aesthetics and material simultaneously. None of the kookaburra patterns were adopted; Australia continued striking the familiar bronze penny through 1964.