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1/2 Crown - George VI 3rd type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1948-1951 |
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| Weight | 14.14 g |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned and undraped effigy of King George VI facing left, rendered in high relief with naturalistic modelling of the features. The portrait, engraved by Thomas Humphrey Paget, occupies the central field with the designer's initials HP visible at the truncation. The circumferential legend reads KING GEORGE THE SIXTH, separated by the portrait, with a toothed border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | KING GEORGE THE SIXTH HP |
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New Zealand's shift to copper-nickel for this denomination in 1947 was driven by the post-war global silver shortage and the British Commonwealth's coordinated move away from silver subsidiary coinage — a policy decision that affected multiple member currencies simultaneously. The 3rd type designation marks the removal of "IND:IMP" from the obverse legend following Indian independence in 1947, making the transitional dating of this series a direct artifact of decolonization.