The 1910 threepence

Mintage
Designation | T10L.1A
Mint | London
Mint mark | None
Mintage | 4,000,000

As far as I am aware, there has been no report of any varieties of this coin.
The reverse design was by William Henry James Blakemore and the obverse design was by George W. de Saules. Each of these men was employed as an engraver by the Royal Mint. De Saules served from 1893 until his death in 1903 and so it is obvious that his design was not done specifically for Australian coinage. Of his many works, the crowned effigy of Edward VII is uncharacteristically flat and shows few facial features even in very high grade coins.

This coin is astonishingly common. Specimens in GEM grade turn up regularly and are cheaper in that grade than any of the George V threepences.

1910 threepence
| Obverse 121 rim denticles
| Reverse 117 rim denticles.

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