Collection / Bronze Penny

BP1905b

Bronze Penny, 1905

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

Type

BP Bronze Penny

Year

1905

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

b

Mintage

17,783,808 struck

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Edward VII

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 BP1905b may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:

Reverse inscription

ONE PENNY, Date

CC2000

E71D-025 1 2

Peck

P2211 1 C

Freeman

F161 1 C