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1/2 Crown - George VI 1st type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1937-1946 |
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| Currency | Pound (1840-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King George VI facing left, modelled in high relief with fine detail to the hair and facial features, after the portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget. The legend GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR runs around the periphery, with the engraver's initials HP incuse at the lower right of the truncation. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Reverse description | The crowned shield of the New Zealand coat of arms is depicted centrally, featuring quarters with the Union Flag, four stars representing the Southern Cross, a fleece, a sheaf of wheat, and crossed hammers, surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown. The shield is set within an ornamental surround inspired by traditional Māori koru and kowhaiwhai decorative motifs, engraved by George Kruger Gray. The legend NEW·ZEALAND arcs above and HALF·CROWN arcs below, with the date flanked by dots appearing at the bottom of the field and the engraver's initials KG incorporated into the design. |
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| Mintage | 1937 - - 672,000 1937 - Proof - 200 1941 - - 776,000 1941 - Proof - 1942 - 2 different place ments of `4`; see comments - 240,000 1943 - - 1,120,000 1944 - - 180,000 1944 - Proof - 1945 - - 420,000 1945 - Proof - 1946 - - 960,000 1946 - Proof - |
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