Collection / Bronze Penny

BP1953a

Bronze Penny, 1953

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

Type

BP Bronze Penny

Year

1953

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

a

Mintage

1,308,400 struck

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Diameter

31 mm

Weight

9.4 g

Metal

Bronze (Copper 95.5%,Tin3 %,Zinc 1.5%)

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 BP1953a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

+ ELIZABETH II DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REGINA F: D:

Reverse inscription

ONE PENNY, Date

CC2000

EZ1D-005 1 1

Peck

P2502 - -

Freeman

F243A 1* A