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Detailed information about Coin: Half Crown 1943 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 2 1/2 (x Shilling) | Type | Half Crown (Silver) | ||||||
| Year | 1943 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 1,120,000 (1.1 million) | ||||||||
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| Material | Silver | Designer | George Kruger Gray | ||||||
| Monarch | King George VI | Effigy | Portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 32 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 14.1000 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Bare head of King George VI facing left; around, the monarch's legend GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR; below the neck truncation in small letters are the artist's initials HP (for [Thomas] Humphrey Paget). |
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| Obverse inscription | GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR | ||||||||
| Reverse | Shield of Arms of the Dominion of New Zealand: a 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 1943; in small letters to right of date the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray). |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND HALF CROWN 1943 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 11 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 169 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NHC8 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | ||
| 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 | ||
| John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 - | Valuations | ||
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Valuations |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 412.16 | 413.54 | 414.92 | 416.30 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 174.87 | 173.36 | 171.84 | 170.33 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 84.65 | 83.81 | 82.98 | 82.14 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 28.01 | 26.93 | 25.84 | 24.76 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 16.48 | 16.93 | 17.39 | 17.84 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 133.60 | 123.90 | 114.21 | 104.52 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 64.28 | 60.89 | 57.49 | 54.10 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 31.89 | 30.78 | 29.68 | 28.57 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 13.61 | 13.31 | 13.00 | 12.70 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 9.43 | 9.98 | 10.53 | 11.07 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Halfcrown > 1943 |
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| Half Crown 1933 | Half Crown 1934 | Half Crown 1935 | Half Crown 1937 | Half Crown 1940 (Centennial) | Half Crown 1941 |
| Half Crown 1942 | Half Crown 1943 | Half Crown 1944 | Half Crown 1945 | Half Crown 1946 | Half Crown 1947 |
| Half Crown 1948 | Half Crown 1949 | Half Crown 1950 | Half Crown 1951 | Half Crown 1953 | Half Crown 1961 |
| Half Crown 1962 | Half Crown 1963 | Half Crown 1965 (mint sets only) |