au-penny-1919
No mintage figure is recorded for this issue yet.
No document names a figure for coins dated 1919. The reports do say what the branch mints delivered in the report years around it, and a coin of this date had to come from one of those deliveries.
| Report year | Pieces delivered | Mint |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 20,558,160 | Sydney, Melbourne |
So at most 20,558,160 pieces can bear the date 1919, if Coins dated 1919 were struck in report year 1919 or 1920.
The reports describe dates lagging by a year, but not always by only one: the 1939 report records that Melbourne went on using 1936 dies throughout 1937. Where a date persisted, the true figure can exceed this ceiling.
A variety is a claim about a coin, and claims differ in how well they are evidenced. The grade beside each says what kind of source stands behind it. This catalogue prints no valuations, so nothing here tells you what a variety is worth.
| Variety | How you tell it apart | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 Plain penny (key die type) | No reverse mintmark dots; London-supplied working dies | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
| 1919 dot-below-scroll penny | Small dot below the bottom reverse scroll | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
| 1919 dot-above-and-below-scroll penny | Dot above top scroll added to the already dot-below reverse | trade
a dealer, auction house or grading service |
source |
It does not tell you what the coin is worth. A catalogue can honestly report how many were struck, what metal is in one, and what the documents say. It cannot report a market price without either inventing it or copying someone who might have. So this catalogue reports the first three and stays quiet about the fourth.