1 Penny - George V Kookaburra Pattern - Type 10

Australia's pre-decimal penny coinage was a persistent political headache. The Commonwealth relied on imported British pennies well into the 1910s, and domestic minting trials ran for years as authorities debated composition, design, and the practical demands of a coin that needed to survive hard colonial use. The kookaburra pattern series of 1920 was part of that extended evaluation — multiple types were struck in varying compositions and weights to test striking quality and public reception before any official type was committed to production.

No kookaburra penny ever entered circulation. The familiar Indian-minted and later Melbourne-struck pennies won out, and the patterns were shelved.