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Detailed information about Coin: Threepence 1965 from New Zealand
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Pound | ||||||
| Face value | 3 (x Penny) | Type | Threepence (CuproNickel) | ||||||
| Year | 1965 | Current | No (demonetised 1967) | ||||||
| Mintage | 4,225,010 (4.2 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) | 16.2600 | Thickness (mm) | |||||||
| Mass (g) | 1.4138 | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 1965; 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 1965 | ||||||||
| Edge | Plain | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Prooflike | 25,000 (included in main number) | |
| Proof | 10 (included in main number) | |
| Hong Kong Mule | unknown |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 25.2 |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 80 |
| Australian Coin Chart | NT33 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | link | |
| Renniks, New Zealand Coinage Guide | 1965 - 1966 | Mint | ||
| Reserve Bank of New Zealand | 15 Oct 2014 | Mintage | link | Circulation mintage |
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Mintage | Proof and Prooflike mintage | ||
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Varieties | Proof, Prooflike | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | 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) | 3.03 | 3.02 | 3.01 | 3.00 | |
| Royal Mint | Almost Uncirculated (aUNC) | 2.99 | 2.96 | 2.93 | 2.91 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 3.12 | 3.14 | 3.17 | 3.19 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 3.05 | 3.05 | 3.05 | 3.05 | |
| Royal Mint | Fine (F) | 2.10 | 2.11 | 2.13 | 2.14 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Prooflike | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.92 |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.58 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.29 | |
| Royal Mint | Extra Fine (EF, XF) | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
| Royal Mint | Very Fine (VF) | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | |
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| Coins New Zealand > NZ Pre Decimal coins (1933 to 1965) > Threepence > 1965 |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - 3 Pence, New Zealand, 1965 |
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| Royal Mint Bullion |