Half Crown 1951, Coin from New Zealand - detailed information

Bare head of King George VI facing left; around, the monarch's legend KING GEORGE THE SIXTH; below the neck truncation in small letters are the artist's initials HP (for [Thomas] Humphrey Paget).

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 1951; in small letters to right of date the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray).

The John Bertrand New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue 1965, Renniks New Zealand Coinage Guide 1965-1966 and The Australian Coin Chart 1966 all list mintage of 400,000 which is at variance with the number provided by the statistics of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.