New Zealand 1934 1/2 crown

from Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1686

This specimen was lot 1686 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $211.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ crown, 1934, NGC graded MS64." Coinage was first struck for New Zealand in 1933 and this type, struck 1933-35, quickly proved popular, being issued until the end of sterling coinage in 1965. The denomination was converted to copper-nickel in 1947. Most of the silver issues are expensive in high grade.

Recorded mintage: 2,750,000 plus 20 proofs.

Specification: 14.14 g, 0.500 fine silver, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-5.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1933 half crown
• 1934 sixpence
• 1934 shilling
• 1934 florin
• South Africa 1934 2½ shillings
• Great Britain 1934 half crown
• Southern Rhodesia 1934 1/2 crown
• 1940 half crown
• Coins and currency dated 1934
• return to coins of New Zealand