Collection / Bronze Penny

BP1861a

Bronze Penny, 1861

Recorded as a coin that exists. No example of it is in the collection.

Type

BP Bronze Penny

Year

1861

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

a

Mintage

36,449,280 struck

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Victoria

Diameter

31 mm

Weight

9.4 g

Metal

Bronze (Copper 95%,Tin 4%,Zinc 1%)

Reverse

Medal (↑↑)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of BP1861a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:

Reverse inscription

ONE PENNY, Date

CC2000

VY1D-310 4 3

Peck

P1637 2* C*

Freeman

F18 2 D