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Detailed information about Coin: Sixpence 1956 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 6 (x Penny) | Type | Sixpence (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1956 | Current | No (demonetised 2006) | ||||||
| Mintage | 2,000,000 (2.0 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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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) | 19 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 2.9000 | ||||||||
| 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 huia bird perched on a branch facing right; around above, NEW ZEALAND; around below, the denomination and date, SIXPENCE 1956; below the centre of the branch, in small letters, the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray). |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND SIXPENCE 1956 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Notes | Renniks New Zealand Coinage Guide 1966: "1956: The obverse master die was re-designed with shoulder strap and the design made slightly smaller. 1957 sixpences have been reported without shoulder straps." |
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| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 26.2 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 102 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NS24 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | ||
| 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 |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 51.74 | 52.00 | 52.25 | 52.51 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 24.50 | 24.12 | 23.73 | 23.35 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 14.70 | 14.47 | 14.24 | 14.01 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 4.90 | 4.82 | 4.75 | 4.67 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 1.96 | 1.93 | 1.90 | 1.87 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 177.38 | 171.27 | 165.17 | 159.06 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 17.86 | 16.82 | 15.78 | 14.74 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 8.51 | 8.20 | 7.90 | 7.60 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 4.31 | 4.18 | 4.04 | 3.91 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 1.82 | 1.79 | 1.75 | 1.72 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Sixpence > 1956 |
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