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1/2 Penny - George VI 2nd type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1949-1952 |
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| Weight | 5.6 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King George VI facing left, modelled by Thomas Humphrey Paget, whose initials 'HP' appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend KING GEORGE THE SIXTH runs around the periphery, separated from the portrait by a continuous inner beaded border. The uncrowned portrait presents the king in a plain, modern style, reflecting the post-1937 colonial coinage standard. |
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| Obverse lettering | KING GEORGE THE SIXTH |
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New Zealand's bronze coinage underwent a quiet but deliberate shift after 1947, when the country dropped the phrase "ET IND:IMP:" from the royal titles following Indian independence. The 1949 halfpenny was among the first New Zealand coins issued under the revised legend acknowledging George VI simply as King without the Emperor of India title — a change mandated across all Commonwealth coinage by the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
Production continued through 1952 until George VI's death in February of that year ended the series.