New Zealand 1936 florin

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1316

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1316 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. Florin, 1936. NGC MS-63. Scarce date. Light attractive toning." New Zealand did not receive her own coinage until 1933, British coins being used heretofore. Issue of pennies and half pennies did not begin until 1940. This is the key date of a type struck 1933-36.

Recorded mintage: 150,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 11.31 g, 0.500 fine silver, 28.58 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1935 shilling
• 1935 florin
• 1936 sixpence
• 1937 florin
• 1937 halfcrown
• Coins and currency dated 1936
• return to coins of New Zealand