KN GEORGIVS V PENNY
kn United Kingdom Penny Specifications Monarch George V () Edge plain Weight 9.4 g Diameter 30.8 mm Composition bronze Minted Birmingham, England Mintage approx (inc h & kn) Scarcity kn: scarce in higher grades United Kingdom Penny Design Obverse Bertram MacKennal In the reign of King George V the Royal Mint ran out of capacity to strike enough coins for everyday usage, so they contracted out the minting of some Pennies. One of the two Mints they used was the King’s Norton Mint, unlike the Birmingham Mint, the King’s Norton Mint had never struck coins for them before. They only made pennies for the Mint in and and all of these coins carry the ‘KN’ mint mark by the left of the date. Of the two mints, the King’s Norton is by a far distance the most difficult to get. GREAT CONDITION GRADING VERY FINE-BASED ON THE EUROPEAN GRADING SCALE OR EXTREMELY FINE USING THE UK GRADING SCALE. Make me an offer im not a greedy person and understand someone out there would love to own a coin like this. Read More