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Halfpenny (Australian)

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The Australian Halfpenny was a coin used in the Commonwealth of Australia prior to decimalisation. The coin was first minted in 1911 and minting ceased in 1964, excluding 1937, 1956โ€“1958 inclusive. When the Australian currency was decimalised on 14 February 1966 the coin was equal to โ€Š5โ„12ยข.

Counting the known mintages of proofs, a total of 422,882,890 (422 million) coins of the denomination were minted during its existence.

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Halfpenny (Australian) Wikipedia