Half Crown 1947, Coin from New Zealand

Half Crown 1947, Coin from New Zealand (demonetised 1967)

Coin	Half Crown 1947

In 1947 New Zealand moved away from employing silver in circulating coinage, adopting a copper-nickel alloy at the same time as Great Britain.

The issue of Cupro-Nickel coins replaced .500 fine silver coins. This proclamation was made under Section eight of the Coinage Act, 1933 and signed on 25th August 1947. Both metal types of coins were still considered to be legal tender. This change was due to the rising costs of mining and the price of silver.

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	1,600,020 (1.6 million)
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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).

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 1947; in small letters to right of date the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray).

Reverse Inscription	NEW ZEALAND HALF CROWN 1947

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

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Half Crown 1947: Known varieties

Variety	Proof
Mintage	Issued: 20 (included in total)
Notes	Mintage is estimated.

Half Crown 1947: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Reserve Bank of New Zealand		Coin description	link
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		Circulation mintage
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide	1965 - 1966	Mintage
Australian Coin Chart	1966	Mintage
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	1988	Mintage		Proof mintage
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Varieties		Proof
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Varieties	link	Proof
John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue	1965 -	Valuations
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide	1965 - 1966	Valuations

All (21) coins of type: Half Crown

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
Half Crown 1947	1,600,020	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR
Half Crown 1948	1,400,000	King George VI - Bare Head	KING GEORGE THE SIXTH
Half Crown 1949	2,800,000	King George VI - Bare Head	KING GEORGE THE SIXTH
Half Crown 1950	3,600,000	King George VI - Bare Head	KING GEORGE THE SIXTH
Half Crown 1951	1,200,000	King George VI - Bare Head	KING GEORGE THE SIXTH
Half Crown 1953	127,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +
Half Crown 1961	80,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +
Half Crown 1962	600,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +
Half Crown 1963	400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +
Half Crown 1965 (mint sets only)	225,010	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND +

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Half Crown 1947: Details

Country	New Zealand
Currency	New Zealand Pound
Coin Type	Half Crown (CuproNickel)
Issued	1947
Monarch	King George VI
Effigy	King George VI - Bare Head, by Thomas Humphrey Paget
Face Value	2 1/2 (x Shilling)
Total Mintage	1,600,020 (1.6 million)
Current	No; demonetised 1967
Material	CuproNickel
Designer	George Kruger Gray
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Size	32.0000 mm
Mass	14.1000 g
OCC ID	XYRV-POVR-CMNM-ODQG

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Half Crown 1947: Photos

Image	Details
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1947 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Proof. Source
	Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1947 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Proof. Source
	New Zealand 1947 1/2 crown Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Heritage Auction Galleries Notes: Proof. Source
	New Zealand 1947 1/2 crown Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Heritage Auction Galleries Notes: Proof. Source
	New Zealand Half Crown 1947 Copyright: numis-kimel Source
	New Zealand Half Crown 1947 Copyright: numis-kimel Source

Half Crown 1947: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	New Zealand KM# 11a
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide	173
Australian Coin Chart	NHC12

Relevant Links

Museums Victoria: Proof Coin - 1/2 Crown, New Zealand, 1947

Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Halfcrown > 1947

Half Crown 1947, Coin from New Zealand - detailed information