HARROW
COIN CLUB
Gallery of coins for view and discussion
the rarest bronze pennies ?
photos courtesy of Keith Ashman
click on thumbnails to view
Edward V111 1937
George V 1933
George V1 1952
Elizabeth 11 1954
Here are my photos of the rare bronze pennies.
In the photo of the 1933 pennies, the currency coin is on the left, the
pattern on the right.
1933 penny. Not issued for circulation. Mintage
7. Locations:
Proof: In 1933 set under foundation
stone of University of London.
Proof: Whereabouts unknown. Stolen from Church
of St. Cross, Middleton in 1970.
Proof: Private collection. Ex St Mary's
Church, Hawksworth Wood, Kirkstall, Leeds.
Currency: Royal Mint Museum.
Currency: British Museum.
Currency: Private collection. (Ex Norweb)
Currency: Private collection.
It is unlikely that any other 1933 pennies exist.
There are also about four pattern pennies dated 1933. These have a larger
portrait of George V and a slightly different Britannia on the reverse. Two
are uniface (one obverse only, one reverse only).
1937 Edward VIII penny. All 1937 coins issued
for circulation were George VI. Locations:
Proof: Royal Mint Museum (2).
Proof: British Museum (possibly one of the Royal
Mint specimens).
Proof: Institutional Collection, USA.
Proof: Private collection.
Proof: Private collection.
One or two others may exist in private collections.
1952 penny. This date not issued for
circulation. Only one known but a second one could exist.
Private collection (proof).
1954 penny. This date not issued for
circulation. Several hundred were struck to test new dies. All were supposed
to have been melted down but one was unofficially salvaged. Probably unique.
Private collection (currency).
Keith Ashman
