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The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 41, October 9, 2022, Article 27

THE 1930 AUSTRALIAN PENNY

Don Cleveland passed along this article about the recent sale of a circulated 1930 Australian penny, a rare date. Thanks. None of the article's images show the coin's date, so we'll have to take their word for it. -Editor

1930 Australian penny reverse A rare 1930 Australian penny that was never meant to be minted has sold for just under $60,000 at auction.

The 1930 penny was sold at a national online auction last night for $59, 415 to a Western Australian bidder, who intends to pass the coin on to his grand children.

Auctioneers believe it is a record sale price for a circulated Australian penny in 'good/fair' condition.

Head of fine art and luxury at Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers Amanda Benson told ABC Radio Adelaide the penny has the lowest mintage of all pre-decimal Australian coins in existence.

"They were released just after the stock markets crashed in 1929 and what's special about those is that they were never actually meant to be released," she said.

The federal government cancelled the orders for pennies in 1930 as the Great Depression took hold.

"Interestingly, the reason they were released was because the Melbourne Mint used a test run of around 1,500 minted coins just to fill the 1931 order," Ms Benson said.

"They think 3,000 were minted but only 1,500 were used to bolster the 1931 supply.

1930 Australian penny obverse "All of those 1,500 would have gone into circulation, which means to get any of the 1930 coins that have any sort of reasonable condition is very rare."

Ms Benson said it was not until the pre-decimal currencies were phased out in 1966 and enthusiasts began putting their coin collections together that anyone realised the 1930 coin was missing.

"It was only then that people realised how rare they were," she said.

Don adds:

"At today's rate of exchange, A$60,000 is almost exactly US$40,000 (A$1 = US$0.654)."

To read the complete article, see:
Rare Australian penny released during the Great Depression sells for nearly $60,000 (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-03/sa-rare-penny-sells-at-auction/101495852)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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