Collection / Bronze Penny

BP1897b

Bronze Penny, 1897

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

Type

BP Bronze Penny

Year

1897

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

b

Mintage

20,756,620 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 BP1897b may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. IND. IMP.

Reverse inscription

ONE PENNY, Date

Freeman

F147 - -

All Coin Values

AC1897 b -