Commonwealth of Australia.King George V.One Penny 1923.Any info please?

Question

My son found a King George V. One Penny coin from 1923. Commonwealth of Australia.

It's in a excellent condition.

A LOT of sites talk about these "6 or 8 diamonds."What are these excactly?And are they in the crown of somewhere else?

Also talk about "centre diamond".I may be blind but I can not see a centre diamond or anything that looks like one.

Could that be the squashed looking circles on the very top of the crown,that has the only thing that may be a diamond on top of that?

All pictures I look at make it hard to clearly see.

The clearest picture I have found is a Penny from 1913.

http://www.aussiecoins.com/coins/Pennies/1913-penny-H-both.jpg

If that is the diamonds and pearls,then this coin has a different mounting on that part of the crown.

Also on the Penny side the centre dots close to the "P" and partial "E" are not stamped.

Apparently this was a limited release.

Any info on this coin would be greatfully appreciated.

I can add any other info you need

Answer 1

I see no varieties listed in Krause/Mishler for the 1923 Australian cent. There are for the 1919 and 1920 cents but they have to do with dots on the coins. The cents from 1911 through 1926 were not all minted at the same mint so there would be a difference. The 1913 was minted in London and the 1923 was minted in Melbourne. It is not uncommon for coins minted for other country's, to be different than ones mint at their mints. As for weak letters that is common also and happens a lot on the state quarters issued here in the states. The mintage was 5,654,000 so it is not rare. It depends on what country you live in for value. here in the U.S. I can find them from .25 in low grade to around a dollar or so in higher circulated grades. It would be worth more in the country of issue. Small denomination coins are usually only collected in the country that struck them Cents here are collected by most collectors but few to none collect them in Europe or Australia. So I have no listings for the varieties you speak of and yes the diamonds are in the crown but the crown may very from the London mint coin you saw and the one minted in Australia. This is the best Ican do.