Catalog
1 Shilling - George V
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1933-1935 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped and uniformed bust of King George V wearing an ornate Imperial State Crown, engraved by Percy Metcalfe after the official portrait type. The effigy shows fine detail in the monarch's robes, collar, and epaulettes. The circumferential legend reads GEORGE V KING EMPEROR in raised Latin capitals, divided by the portrait, and is bordered by a continuous inner ring of fine dentils. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand's first domestic coinage series — of which this shilling is part — was authorized following the passage of the Coinage Act 1933, ending the country's reliance on British-struck coins circulating without local identity. The Royal Mint in London produced all pieces in the inaugural series, as New Zealand had no mint of its own.
The .500 fine silver specification matched contemporary British practice, though it was already a step down from the .925 standard abandoned by Britain after the First World War's fiscal strain.