Australian 1956 Threepence

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Thomas Humphrey Paget, designer obverse
13 August 1893 – May 1974

George Kruger Gray, designer reverse

Australian 1956 Threepence
1956
silver
Place made
Melbourne
Medium
silver
Credit line
Purchase, 1980
Accession number
NC00398
Signature and date
Obverse Description: Laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right, around, ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA + The artist's initials M.G. incuse on the bust truncation above the G of GRATIA. Reverse Description: Three ears of wheat held by a curved ribbon. Around above, AUSTRALIA; around below divided into two by the stalks of the wheat, THREE PENCE, above, across the middle of the coin the date divided into two by the ears, 1956. The artist's initials tucked into the first and last folds in the ribbon K G.
Media category
Coin
Collection area
Australian decorative arts and design