Half Crown (Silver), Coin Type from New Zealand

Half Crown (Silver), Coin Type from New Zealand (issued 1933 - 1946)

Coin Type	Half Crown (Silver)

The composition of the New Zealand silver half crown coins (1933 to 1946) was 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% zinc and 5% nickel.

In total (counting known proof mintages), 9,801,404 (10 mln) silver half crowns coins were minted in New Zealand.

Obverse

Effigy of the monarch, legend.

Silver half crowns were minted during the reigns of King George V and King George VI.

Obverse Inscription

Reverse

Shield of Arms of the Dominion of New Zealand on their shield (quartered with the Southern Cross, a wheat sheaf, a lamb suspended by a ribbon and mining hammers crossed divided by three ships) surmounted by the Royal Crown and surrounded by ornamentation inspired by Maori carvings; around, NEW ZEALAND HALF CROWN; below, the date; in small letters to right of date the artist's initials K.G. ([George] Kruger Gray).

Reverse Inscription	NEW ZEALAND HALF CROWN [year]

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Coin Type: Half Crown (Silver) - (11) Coins

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Half Crown 1933	2,000,020	King George V - Crowned Bust, by Metcalfe	GEORGE V KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1934	2,720,020	King George V - Crowned Bust, by Metcalfe	GEORGE V KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1935	612,364	King George V - Crowned Bust, by Metcalfe	GEORGE V KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1937	672,200	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1940 (Centennial)	100,800	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1941	776,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1942	240,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1943	1,120,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1944	180,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1945	420,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1946	960,000	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR

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Half Crown (Silver): Details

Country	New Zealand
Currency	New Zealand Pound
Sub-type of	Half Crown
Sub-types	Half Crown (Silver, Commemorative)
From	1933
To	1946
Face Value	2 1/2 (x Shilling)
Current	No (demonetised 1967)
Material	Silver
Designer	George Kruger Gray
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Size	32.0000 mm
Mass	14.1000 g

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Half Crown (Silver): Photos

Image	Details
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1933 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Shield of Arms of New Zealand (1933 - 1937, 1941 - 1946). Source
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1940 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Centennial Half Crown (1940). Source
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1933 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: King George V (1933 - 1935). Source
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1940 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: King George VI, Emperor (1937 - 1946). Source

Half Crown (Silver), Coin Type from New Zealand - detailed information