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Detailed information about Coin: Halfpenny 1955 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 1/2 (x Penny) | Type | Halfpenny | ||||||
| Year | 1955 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 240,000 (240000) | ||||||||
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| Material | Bronze | Designer | Leonard Cornwall Mitchell | ||||||
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Mary Gillick (First Portrait) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 25.4800 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 5.6699 | ||||||||
| 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. |
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| Obverse inscription | QUEEN · ELIZABETH · THE · SECOND + | ||||||||
| Reverse | At centre, between two Māori scroll designs, a tiki (Māori carved figure); around, NEW ZEALAND HALF PENNY; below, the date 1955. |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND HALF PENNY 1955 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Notes | The Queen's effigy on the 1953, 1954 and 1955 coins has a small variation from the standard in that there are no shoulder straps visible. |
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| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1955 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1955 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 23.1 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 14 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NH16 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mintage | ||
| Australian Coin Chart | 1966 | Mintage | ||
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 | Varieties | Proof | |
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof | |
| John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 - | Valuations | ||
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Valuations |
| Years | ||||||
| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 461.26 | 461.38 | 461.50 | 461.62 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 207.77 | 211.22 | 214.67 | 218.13 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 202.75 | 202.02 | 201.30 | 200.57 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 65.14 | 62.59 | 60.03 | 57.48 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 6.17 | 5.75 | 5.33 | 4.91 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 131.56 | 137.88 | 144.19 | 150.51 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 107.64 | 103.21 | 98.78 | 94.34 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 72.22 | 69.75 | 67.29 | 64.82 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 34.59 | 33.56 | 32.52 | 31.49 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 6.12 | 6.09 | 6.06 | 6.03 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 3.08 | 3.07 | 3.06 | 3.05 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Halfpenny > 1955 |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - 1/2 Penny, New Zealand, 1955 |
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