Coin | Half Crown 1953 |
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Mint | Royal Mint |
Obverse![]() |
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![]() |
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 1953; in small letters to right of date the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray). |
Reverse Inscription | NEW ZEALAND HALF CROWN 1953 |
Edge | Milled |
Edge Inscription | None |
Notes | The Queen's effigy on the 1953 coins has a small variation from the standard in that there are no shoulder straps visible. 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." |
Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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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 | Combined mintage | |
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mintage | Circulation and proof mintage | |
Australian Coin Chart | 1966 | Mintage | Combined mintage | |
Royal Mint | 1953 | Varieties | Proof | |
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 |
Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 103.48 | 103.99 | 104.51 | 105.02 | |
Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 58.80 | 57.88 | 56.96 | 56.04 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 34.30 | 33.76 | 33.22 | 32.69 | |
Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 9.80 | 9.65 | 9.49 | 9.34 | |
Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 5.88 | 5.79 | 5.70 | 5.60 |
Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Royal Mint | Matte proof | Proof | 218.40 | 211.08 | 203.76 | 196.45 |
Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 18.06 | 17.49 | 16.93 | 16.36 |
Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 43.84 | 41.33 | 38.83 | 36.32 | |
Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 20.86 | 19.96 | 19.06 | 18.16 | |
Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 16.02 | 15.32 | 14.63 | 13.93 | |
Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 5.16 | 5.00 | 4.83 | 4.67 | |
Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 3.65 | 3.66 | 3.66 | 3.66 |
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Country | New Zealand |
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Currency | New Zealand Pound |
Coin Type | Half Crown (CuproNickel) |
Issued | 1953 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Portrait by Mary Gillick (First Portrait) |
Face Value | 2 1/2 (x Shilling) |
Current | No (demonetised 1967) |
Mintage | 127,000 |
Material | CuproNickel |
Designer | George Kruger Gray |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Size (mm) | 32 |
Mass (g) | 14.1000 |
Source | Reference ID |
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Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 29.1 |
Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 179 |
Australian Coin Chart | NHC17 |