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1/2 Crown - George VI 1st type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1937-1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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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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| Obverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand's first coinage as an independent issuing authority — distinct from the earlier British-struck issues used in the territory — launched in 1933, but the halfcrown type wasn't introduced until 1937. The .500 silver standard was a deliberate cost-reduction measure adopted across the British Commonwealth during the interwar period, halving the fine silver content from the traditional .925 sterling that had defined British coinage for centuries.
Production continued through the Second World War, when silver supplies were under pressure and coin production competed with wartime material demands across all Commonwealth mints.