Coronation Crown 1953, Coin from New Zealand - detailed information

Coronation Crown 1953, Coin from New Zealand (demonetised 1967)
CoinCoronation Crown 1953

Commemorating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. This is the third and final crown issued for New Zealand and the only one in copper-nickel. It is common.

MintRoyal Mint Mint MarkNo mint mark Total Mintage 257,000
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Obverse
New Zealand / Coronation Crown 1953 - obverse photo

Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (the effigy by Mary Gillick known as the "First portrait"); the designer's initials, M.G., appear incuse on the base of the neck truncation. The monarch's legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND + runs continuously all around the bust.

Obverse Inscription QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +
Reverse
New Zealand / Coronation Crown 1953 - reverse photo

At centre, the crowned royal monogram E II R; below, a Maori carving; all within New Zealand Southern Cross represented by four stars; around, NEW ZEALAND CROWN + 1953.

Reverse Inscription NEW ZEALAND CROWN + 1953
EdgeMilledEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

From New Zealand Coin Catalogue, First Edition 1965:

"Total 7,000 proof sets containing crown, half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, threepence, penny and halfpenny. The remaining 250,000 crowns, enclosed in small plastic cases, were released to the public through the trading banks at five shillings and sixpence each."

Reference to original information:

84th Annual Report of the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint 1953, p.8.:

"New Zealand - 250,000 crowns, 120,000 halfcrowns, 250,000 florins, 200,000 shillings, 1,200,000 sixpences, 4,000,000 threepences, 2,400,000 pennies and 120,000 halfpence were struck.

All bore on the obverse the uncrowned effigy of Her Majesty by Mrs. Gillick, O.B.E., together with the inscription "QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND". The reverse designs of the denominations from the halfpenny to the halfcrown were unchanged, but the reverse design of the crown was new.

It consisted of a Maori carving, surmounted by the crowned Royal Cypher, all between five-pointed stars, representing the Southern Cross, and the inscription "NEW ZEALAND CROWN 1953". Mr. T.H. Paget modeled the design in plaster according to a drawing from New Zealand. The design is illustrated in Plate A, Fig. 9.

7,000 specimen sets of all denominations were also supplied in cases."

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Coronation Crown 1953: Known varieties
Variety Proof
Mintage Issued: 7,000 (included in total)
Variety Matte proof
Mintage Issued: 10
Details

Matte proof. Mintage is between 4 and 10.

Coronation Crown 1953: References to Information Used
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Museums Victoria Collections 2016 Coin description link
Royal Mint 1953 Mint
Royal Mint 1953 Mintage Circulation and proof mintage
Reserve Bank of New Zealand 15 Oct 2014 Mintage link Combined mintage
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue 1965 Mintage Circulation and proof mintage
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide 1965 - 1966 Mintage Circulation and proof mintage
Australian Coin Chart 1966 Mintage Combined mintage
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins Mintage Matte proof mintage
Royal Mint 1953 Varieties Proof
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins 1971 Varieties Proof
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins Varieties Matte proof
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue 1965 Design
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue 1965 - Valuations
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide 1965 - 1966 Valuations
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Coronation Crown 1953: Details
CountryNew Zealand
CurrencyNew Zealand Pound
Coin TypeCrown (CuproNickel)
Issued1953
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - First Portrait, by Mary Gillick
Face Value5 (x Shilling)
Total Mintage257,000
CurrentNo; demonetised 1967
MaterialCuproNickel
DesignerRobert Maurice Conly
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
Size38.5000 mm
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