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Detailed information about Coin: Shilling 1961 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 1 (x Shilling) | Type | Shilling (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1961 | Current | No (demonetised 2006) | ||||||
| Mintage | 400,000 (400000) | ||||||||
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| Material | CuproNickel | Designer | George Kruger Gray | ||||||
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Mary Gillick (First Portrait) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 23 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 5.6500 | ||||||||
| 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 | A figure of a Maori warrior in warlike attitude crouching to left carrying a taiaha (traditional Maori weapon); around above, NEW ZEALAND; around below, the denomination and date ONE SHILLING 1961; at left above the ground line in small letters the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray). |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND ONE SHILLING 1961 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1961 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick source |
Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1961 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 27.2 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 135 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NB29 |
| 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 | ||
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | 1988 | 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 | Uncirculated (UNC) | 40.15 | 39.89 | 39.63 | 39.38 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 29.40 | 28.94 | 28.48 | 28.02 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 14.70 | 14.47 | 14.24 | 14.01 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 7.06 | 7.03 | 6.99 | 6.96 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 2.94 | 2.89 | 2.85 | 2.80 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 310.41 | 299.73 | 289.04 | 278.36 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 16.95 | 16.19 | 15.44 | 14.69 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 10.35 | 9.98 | 9.61 | 9.24 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 4.50 | 4.39 | 4.29 | 4.19 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.69 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.19 | |
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| Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1961 |
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