The 1919 halfpenny

Mintage
Designation | H19S.1A
Mint | Sydney
Mint mark | None
Mintge | 3,326,400

John Dean1 reported two varieties of this coin, distinguished by the position and orientation of the final 9 in the date. Clarke2 also described two varieties, a normal and a wide date form. These two authors are almost certainly referring to the same coins but the dates are actually the same width, 6.5mm.

Reverse
| H19S-1A-1 Normal date
| H19S-1A-2 Final 9 slopes left

Enlargements of the date
| This is the more common configuration. The second 9 is fairly upright.
| Less common, this variety has the second 9 leaning somewhat to the left. Roughly one coin in five has this configuration.
| This animation shows that the only difference between the two dates is the orientation of the final 9.

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Prepared: 25th October 2002
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