Pattern - Edward VIII (1 Penny)
Australia • 1 Penny • Bronze • 1937
- Denomination
- 1 Penny
- Issuer
- Australia
- Struck
- 1937
- Composition
- Bronze
- Currency
- Pound
- Weight
- 9.4 g
- Diameter
- 30.5 mm
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Where it came from
The 1937 Edward VIII Australian penny is a pattern coin, produced as a trial issue following the accession of King Edward VIII in 1936. Because the King abdicated before his coronation, standard circulating coinage featuring his effigy was never formally struck for Australia. The Royal Mint in London prepared these patterns to test designs for the new reign, marking a rare moment of transition in numismatic history that was ultimately aborted by the constitutional crisis.
The obverse features the portrait of Edward VIII designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget, reflecting the stylistic shift toward a more modern, simplified aesthetic favored by the King. These patterns were essentially prototypes intended for government approval. Due to the rapid sequence of events surrounding the abdication, the coins never entered production, and the few surviving specimens remain as significant artifacts of a monarch who never officially reigned over the Australian currency system.
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