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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jimjamtwo, post: 2132515, member: 74385&quot;]As I collect &#039;small head&#039; George V pennies, I&#039;m currently researching this question, and the impression I&#039;ve gained so far is that bronze proof pennies were produced by the Royal Mint nearly every year, but in very small quantities. I don&#039;t think that these were placed on the market; they were - and are still - pretty expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the reign of George V, Kosinki&#039;s Coins of Great Britain, 1901-2014, lists proofs for every year from 1926 to 1936 inclusive. The existence of these coins can be confirmed from auction sales. A 1936 proof penny graded by PCGS was sold by Stack&#039;s &amp; Bowers last year (2014) for $1645, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6014&amp;Lot=1070" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6014&amp;Lot=1070" rel="nofollow">http://www.stacksbowers.com/browseauctions/lotdetail.aspx?AuctionID=6014&amp;Lot=1070</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Stack&#039;s &amp; Bowers also sold a 1931 proof penny for a bit over $1000 this January last.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/archivedetail.aspx?productid=2990066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/archivedetail.aspx?productid=2990066" rel="nofollow">http://www.stacksbowers.com/archivedetail.aspx?productid=2990066</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There were several years in the last two reigns for which proof pennies were produced in relatively largely numbers for a mass market; fortunately, these are still quite affordable and can be picked up quite easily on Ebay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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