New Zealand 1939 3 pence
This specimen was lot 21274 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. 3 Pence, 1939. NGC PROOF-66. Nearly all white with watery mirrored fields. A SUPERB GEM PROOF and sure to attract attention." 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. Threepences were struck for George VI in 0.500 fine silver 1937-46, then copper-nickel for 1947. In 1948 the obverse was revised from "GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR" to "KING GEORGE THE SIXTH." The denomination was terminated upon decimalization in 1965.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 1.41 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-7.
- 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 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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- 1937 threepence
- 1939 sixpence
- 1940 threepence
- Coins and currency dated 1939
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