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Detailed information about Coin: Sixpence 1959 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 6 (x Penny) | Type | Sixpence (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1959 | 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 1959; 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 1959 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| 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 | 105 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NS27 |
| 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 |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 36.58 | 36.89 | 37.20 | 37.51 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 14.70 | 14.47 | 14.24 | 14.01 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 4.96 | 4.85 | 4.75 | 4.64 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 2.97 | 2.94 | 2.91 | 2.88 | |
| 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) | 8.13 | 7.70 | 7.27 | 6.83 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 4.12 | 3.92 | 3.72 | 3.52 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | |
| 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) > Sixpence > 1959 |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - 6 Pence, New Zealand, 1959 |
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| American Bullion Inc. - Free Gold Guide |
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