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Detailed information about Coin: Shilling 1965 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 1 (x Shilling) | Type | Shilling (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1965 | Current | No (demonetised 2006) | ||||||
| Mintage | 4,525,010 (4.5 million) | ||||||||
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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 1965; 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 1965 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Notes | An extra million coins were minted in 1966, dated 1965. Krause catalogues report mintage of 3,500,000 (not including proofs and prooflike), which doesn't take these into account. |
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| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Prooflike | 25,000 (included in main number) | (hover mouse for text) |
| Proof | 10 (included in main number) | |
| Broken back | unknown (included in main number) | (hover mouse for text) |
Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1965 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick source |
Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1965 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 | 139 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NB33 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mint | ||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand | 15 Oct 2014 | Mintage | link | Circulation mintage |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Mintage | Proof and prooflike | ||
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Varieties | Proof and prooflike | ||
| 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 | Broken back | Uncirculated (UNC) | 271.20 | 279.96 | 288.73 | 297.49 |
| Royal Mint | Broken back | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 169.11 | 177.06 | 185.01 | 192.97 |
| Royal Mint | Broken back | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 116.85 | 123.79 | 130.73 | 137.67 |
| Royal Mint | Broken back | Very Fine (VF) | 65.09 | 67.19 | 69.30 | 71.40 |
| Royal Mint | Broken back | Fine (F) | 33.82 | 35.41 | 37.00 | 38.59 |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 5.09 | 5.08 | 5.07 | 5.06 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 3.92 | 3.86 | 3.80 | 3.74 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 2.94 | 2.89 | 2.85 | 2.80 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 3.02 | 3.00 | 2.99 | 2.97 | |
| 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 | Prooflike | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 1.22 | 1.20 | 1.17 | 1.15 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 1.63 | 1.54 | 1.45 | 1.37 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.70 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.26 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Shilling > 1965 |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Shilling, New Zealand, 1965 | New Zealand 1965 shilling - CoinFactsWiki |
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