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Detailed information about Coin: Threepence 1951 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 3 (x Penny) | Type | Threepence (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1951 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 3,600,000 (3.6 million) | 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 1951; 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 1951 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
New Zealand 1951 3 pence Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Heritage Auction Galleries source |
New Zealand 1951 3 pence Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Heritage Auction Galleries source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 15 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 66 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NT19 |
| 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 | ||
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 | Varieties | Proof | |
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof | |
| John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 1965 - | Valuations | None | |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Valuations |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 58.85 | 61.40 | 63.95 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 39.75 | 39.43 | 39.12 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 20.30 | 20.29 | 20.28 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 9.90 | 9.78 | 9.67 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 2.92 | 2.86 | 2.81 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 2.21 | 2.30 | 2.39 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Royal Mint | Proof | Proof | 433.16 | 466.09 | 499.02 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 11.61 | 11.27 | 10.92 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 5.81 | 5.62 | 5.43 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 2.91 | 2.81 | 2.71 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.42 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 | |
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