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Detailed information about Coin: Penny 1941 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 1 (x Penny) | Type | Penny | ||||||
| Year | 1941 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 1,200,000 (1.2 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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| Material | Bronze | Designer | Leonard Cornwall Mitchell | ||||||
| Monarch | King George VI | Effigy | Portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 30.8600 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 9.4498 | ||||||||
| 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 | A tui (bird) perched facing left in a setting of yellow kowhai blossoms; around, NEW ZEALAND ONE PENNY 1941. |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND ONE PENNY 1941 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1941 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Jennifer McNair source |
Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1941 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# 13 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 26 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NP2 |
| 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 | ||
| 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) | 454.50 | 452.28 | 450.06 | 447.83 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 206.21 | 208.68 | 211.15 | 213.62 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 199.37 | 197.47 | 195.57 | 193.68 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 68.60 | 67.52 | 66.45 | 65.37 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 3.08 | 3.08 | 3.08 | 3.08 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 146.55 | 139.69 | 132.83 | 125.97 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 85.64 | 82.78 | 79.93 | 77.07 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 29.21 | 28.91 | 28.62 | 28.33 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.47 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
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| Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Penny, New Zealand, 1941 | New Zealand 1941 penny - CoinFactsWiki |
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