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1911Austrailian Penny (Minted in England)

FooserPaul

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So thinking I was having a Detector issue... I went out to the back yard... found that sad sad wheatie... 192X and my wife suggested I hit the town and find out some history about our place and pointed out 2 graite posts in the corner that I never noticed... I went over and scanned the little area by one and what loud noise... less then 2 inched down and I saw green and read one penny and it was large...



The first Australian penny came off the production line in 1911, one year after our first silver coins were minted. At the time Sydney, Melbourne and Perth mints were not geared up to mint bronze coinage so our first pennies were minted in London. It was not until 1919 that Australia produced its
 
I wouldn't clean it. BUT others would. Everyone has their own prefrence. Olive oil will clean it over a long period of time and it does the least damage.
 
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