The 1944-1948 pennies

All the Australian pennies of the five-year period spanning 1944 to 1948 were struck from tools originating from the 1938 London masters. The mints at Melbourne and Perth shared the task of striking pennies during this period and the Perth strikes can be distinguished from those of Melbourne by the presence of a dot after the Y in PENNY on the reverse. The working dies for Perth were prepared in Melbourne. The mint mark was added by hand to the working dies prior to hardening so there is some variation in the position and size of the dot.

Statistics 1944-1946
Designation | P44M-3D | P44P-3D | P45P-3D | P46M-3D
Mint | Melbourne | Perth | Perth | Melbourne
Mint mark |  | Y. | Y. |
Mintage | 2,450,400 | 27,830,400 | 10,125,600 | 363,600

Statistics 1947-1948
Designation | P47M-3D | P47P-3D | P48M-3D | P48P-3D
Mint | Melbourne | Perth | Melbourne | Perth
Mint mark |  | Y. |  | Y.
Mintage | 6,759,600 | 4,490,400 | 26,625,600 | 1,533,600

The 1946 penny is scarce but so are the 1944 Melbourne and the 1948 Perth coins.

Reverses
| Melbourne issue, P44M-3D
| Perth issue, P44P-3D
| P45P-3D All 1945 pennies were minted in Perth.
| P46M-3D Lowest mintage of all the post-1937 pennies but still readily available.
| P47M-3D
| P48M-3D Melbourne issue.
| P48P-3D Perth issue.

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