Palestine Mandate Coins

Year	Mintage	Composition
28 mm diameter, 7.77 grams (120 grains), plain edge
1927	5,000,000* (most common date)	Bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
1941	1,600,000	Bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
1942	2,400,000	Wartime bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
1945	960,000 (key date of series)	Wartime bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
1946	960,000 (key date of series)	Bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
1947	484,000**	Bronze alloy (95.5% copper, 3% tin, and 1.5% zinc)
* Proof issues reportedly struck. Mintage unknown ** Entire mintage melted down. Some specimens are known

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