New Zealand 1941 penny

Goldberg sale 91, lot 3104

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3104 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $76.37. The catalog description^[1] noted, "New Zealand. Penny, 1941 PCGS MS64 RB. George VI. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown." 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 a somewhat scarce date of a type struck 1940-47.

Recorded mintage: 1,200,000.

Specification: 9.6 g, bronze, 30.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-13.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.

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