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Detailed information about Coin: Threepence 1937 from New Zealand
| Description | First New Zealand coinage bearing the portrait of King George VI. |
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 3 (x Penny) | Type | Threepence (Silver) | ||||||
| Year | 1937 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 2,880,200 (2.9 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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| Material | 0.500 Silver | Designer | George Kruger Gray | ||||||
| Monarch | King George VI | Effigy | Portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 16.2600 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 1.4138 | ||||||||
| 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 | Two carved patu (Maori weapons) crossed with lanyards or throngs attached; between their blades, the value and denomination 3d (abbreviation for "three pence"); above, NEW ZEALAND; below, the date 1937; the artist's initials KG (for [George] Kruger Gray) are below the centre of the crossed weapons. |
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| Reverse inscription | NEW ZEALAND 3d 1937 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | 200 (included in main number) |
Proof Coin - 3 Pence, New Zealand, 1937 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Proof. source |
Proof Coin - 3 Pence, New Zealand, 1937 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Heath Warwick Notes: Proof. source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 7 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 54 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NT5 |
| 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 | Circulation mintage | |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mintage | Circulation mintage | |
| Australian Coin Chart | 1966 | Mintage | Circulation mintage | |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | 2001 | Mintage | Proof mintage | |
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof | |
| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Varieties | link | 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) | 93.67 | 94.33 | 94.98 | 95.64 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 60.83 | 60.61 | 60.39 | 60.17 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 30.75 | 30.76 | 30.77 | 30.77 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 8.25 | 8.26 | 8.28 | 8.30 | |
| 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 | Proof | Proof | 354.75 | 342.54 | 330.34 | 318.13 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 35.83 | 33.77 | 31.71 | 29.65 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 16.52 | 15.74 | 14.95 | 14.17 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 8.51 | 8.20 | 7.88 | 7.57 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 3.26 | 3.27 | 3.28 | 3.29 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.21 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Threepence > 1937 |
| Museums Victoria: Proof Coin - 3 Pence, New Zealand, 1937 |
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| Royal Mint Bullion |