au-penny-1952
single-source 14,455,200 pieces
One of the few figures the Royal Mint's reports tie to the date borne by the coin rather than to a report year.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,455,200 | Melbourne | struck-dated | Reports of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint, Australian branch sections
£60,230 of pence, were dated 1952. The remainder of the issues, dated 1953, |
Almost every figure in any coin catalogue counts a report year. This one does not: the Mint stated, in prose, which date the coins carried. That is what a collector means by a mintage, and it is recorded almost nowhere.
The report states the date these coins BORE, which is what a collector means by a mintage and what almost no source records. But it is a PART of one report year's delivery, not the whole coinage of 1952: the same report says the remainder carried a different date. Coins of this date struck in other years are not included here.
| Pieces | Mint | What it covers | The report's own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,455,200 | Melbourne | part of a year | the reportThe coin issued until the 7th May, namely £110,800 Of threepences and £60,230 of pence, were dated 1952. £60,230 x 240 coins per pound |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Perth date-numeral varieties (family) | Final 2 varies in style, position and spacing | scholarly
a numismatic society, museum catalogue or archival study |
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.