The 1957 pennies

Australian pennies dated 1957 were minted in Perth. Two varieties are known. The scarcer variety is often described as "wide date" or "thin 7" but the varieties are just manifestations of the master dies used for the reverse. In other words all the "thin 7" coins were struck with reverse G whereas the "thick 7" coins were struck with reverse I.

Statistics
Designator | P57P.9G | P57P.9I
Mint | Perth | Perth
Mintage | included > | 15,773,200

Reverses
| P57P.9G So-called "wide date" or "thin 7" variety. Scarce but not rare. In 274 coins I found 9 of these.
| P57P.9I This is the more common of the two varieties.

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