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Detailed information about Coin: Halfpenny 1950 from New Zealand
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Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
Face value | 1/2 (x Penny) | Type | Halfpenny | ||||||
Year | 1950 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
Mintage | 1,425,600 (1.4 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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Material | Bronze | Designer | Leonard Cornwall Mitchell | ||||||
Monarch | King George VI | Effigy | Portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget | ||||||
Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
Size (mm) | 25.4800 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
Mass (g) | 5.6699 | ||||||||
Obverse | Bare head of King George VI facing left; around, the monarch's legend KING GEORGE THE SIXTH; below the neck in small letters, the artist's initials HP (for [Thomas] Humphrey Paget). |
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Obverse inscription | KING GEORGE THE SIXTH | ||||||||
Reverse | At centre, between two Māori scroll designs, a tiki (Māori carved figure); around, NEW ZEALAND HALF PENNY; below, the date 1950. |
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Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND HALF PENNY 1950 | ||||||||
Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None |
Variety | Mintage | Details |
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Proof | unknown |
![]() New Zealand 1950 1/2 penny Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's-Bowers Notes: Proof. source |
![]() New Zealand 1950 1/2 penny Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's-Bowers Notes: Proof. source |
![]() Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1950 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
![]() Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1950 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
Source | Reference ID |
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Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 20 |
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 9 |
Australian Coin Chart | NH11 |
Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 | Mint | ||
Reserve Bank of New Zealand | 15 Oct 2014 | Mintage | link | Circulation mintage |
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 | Mintage | ||
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mintage | ||
Australian Coin Chart | 1966 | Mintage | ||
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | 1988 | Varieties | Proof | |
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 - | Valuations | ||
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Valuations |
Years | |||||
Mint | Variety | Grade | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 53.54 | 52.49 | 51.44 | |
Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 34.07 | 33.40 | 32.74 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 11.68 | 11.45 | 11.22 | |
Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 2.21 | 2.30 | 2.39 |
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Mint | Variety | Grade | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 32.50 | 31.62 | 30.75 | |
Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 13.88 | 13.28 | 12.68 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 5.55 | 5.31 | 5.07 | |
Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.24 | |
Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 274.36 | 273.69 | 273.02 |
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New Zealand 1950 1/2 penny - CoinFactsWiki | Museums Victoria: Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1950 |
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