Series 01 Part 10: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian Nickel Patterns currency
Series 01 Part 10: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian Nickel Patterns currency
About this item
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Call Numbers
SAFE/DN/C 682-703
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Physical Description
Contents
3 halfpennies and 19 pennies - halfpennies 14 mm.; pennies 18 mm. - coins
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Copyright status:Public domain
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Nickel pattern penny and halfpenny [square] coins, 1919-1921
Alternative Titles
Full title
Series 01 Part 10: Sir William Dixson coin collection : Australian Nickel Patterns currency
Notes
General note
All specimens struck at the Royal Mint, Melbourne.
Renniks describes the coins as composed of nickel 75% and copper 25%; called Kookaburra Square Patterns.
DN/C 682 prob. Aluminium. Condition very fine.
DN/C 683-690 Nickel. Condition extremely fine.
DN/C 691-693 prob. Aluminium. Condition very fine.
DN/C 694-703 Nickel. Con...
Published information
Renniks Australian coin and banknote values / edited by Colin E. Pitchfork in association with Michael Vort-Ronald, Jim Noble and Chris Buesnell. 22nd ed. (Chippendale, N.S.W. : Rennicks Publications : 1996)
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
"In 1919 the Australian Commonwealth Government considered replacing bronze pennies and halfpennies with a smaller lighter coinage ... From 1919-1920 trial patterns of pennies and halfpennies were minted ... The decision not to proceed with the minting seems to have been founded on the consideration of the large number of vending machines then oper...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DN/C 682-703
Record Identifier
YoldJQ39
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldJQ39
Other Identifiers
Reference code
825822
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