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Detailed information about Coin: Threepence 1950 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 3 (x Penny) | Type | Threepence (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1950 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 800,000 (800000) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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| Material | CuproNickel | 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 KING GEORGE THE SIXTH; below the neck truncation in small letters are the artist's initials HP (for [Thomas] Humphrey Paget). |
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| Obverse inscription | KING GEORGE THE SIXTH | ||||||||
| 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 1950; 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 1950 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | 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# 15 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 65 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NT18 |
| 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) | 405.94 | 405.01 | 404.08 | 403.15 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 195.99 | 192.92 | 189.85 | 186.78 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 97.99 | 96.46 | 94.93 | 93.39 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 14.70 | 14.47 | 14.24 | 14.01 | |
| 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 | 273.11 | 265.68 | 258.26 | 250.83 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 163.76 | 155.30 | 146.83 | 138.37 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 83.48 | 79.66 | 75.84 | 72.02 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 41.81 | 40.22 | 38.64 | 37.05 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 7.73 | 7.71 | 7.69 | 7.67 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.77 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 1.02 | |
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