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1 Shilling - George VI 2nd type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#9a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crouching Māori warrior is depicted at centre, brandishing a taiaha — a traditional long-handled Māori staff weapon — in a posture of challenge, as designed by George Kruger Gray. The legend NEW ZEALAND arcs above the figure in the upper field, while the denomination ONE SHILLING and the date 1947 appear below, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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New Zealand's switch from silver to copper-nickel in 1947 was driven by postwar silver shortages and British Treasury pressure to conserve strategic metal stocks across the Commonwealth. The changeover applied simultaneously to most of the colonial shilling series, making 1947 a transitional year in which both alloys briefly coexisted in circulation. KM#9a marks the compositional shift; the dies themselves were otherwise unchanged from the silver type.