Lot 173
ex Benchmark Collection. The single finest known
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Notes:
- Although it had received a fresh stock of Birmingham reverse hubs from London in January, 1922, the Melbourne Mint favoured dies derived from its 1919 //. master which is identified by its slightly modified legend. Approximately 95% of the English obverse 1922 pennies were struck by Melbourne on altered dies and only about 5% on the new unaltered Birmingham reverse. In late 1922, the Melbourne Mint received directly from London a new 'Indian' obverse master die. However, this was not put to immediate use and Melbourne continued to use the 'English' obverse on its pennies. Melbourne reserved its new 'Indian' master until it stuck limited numbers of the 1929, 1930 and 1931 'Indian' obverse pennies. It is therefore certain that all 1922 Indian obverse pennies were struck by the Perth Mint on surplus dies that were sent to it by Sydney via Melbourne and Calcutta. (Information courtesy of the www.benchmarkcoincatalogue.com)
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