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Detailed information about Coin: Penny 1957 from New Zealand
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Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
Face value | 1 (x Penny) | Type | Penny | ||||||
Year | 1957 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
Mintage | 2,400,000 (2.4 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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Material | Bronze | Designer | Leonard Cornwall Mitchell | ||||||
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Mary Gillick (First Portrait) | ||||||
Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
Size (mm) | 30.8600 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
Mass (g) | 9.4498 | ||||||||
Obverse | Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II right (effigy known as the "First Portrait"); around, the monarch's legend QUEEN · ELIZABETH · THE · SECOND +; the artist's initials MG (for Mary Gillick) are incuse on the neck truncation. |
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Obverse inscription | QUEEN · ELIZABETH · THE · SECOND + | ||||||||
Reverse | A tui (bird) perched facing left in a setting of yellow kowhai blossoms; around, NEW ZEALAND ONE PENNY 1957. |
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Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND ONE PENNY 1957 | ||||||||
Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None |
Variety | Mintage | Details |
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Proof | unknown |
![]() Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1957 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
![]() Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1957 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# 24.2 |
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 41 |
Australian Coin Chart | NP18 |
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 | ||
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | 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) | 29.20 | 28.63 | 28.06 | |
Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 20.00 | 18.27 | 16.54 | |
Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 20.30 | 20.29 | 20.28 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 7.79 | 7.63 | 7.48 | |
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) | 15.03 | 14.49 | 13.95 | |
Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 7.52 | 7.25 | 6.98 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 2.60 | 2.41 | 2.22 | |
Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.22 | |
Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 147.36 | 145.05 | 142.74 |
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Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1957 |
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