New Zealand 1942 1/2 penny

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23037

This specimen was lot 23037 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $95. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. 1/2 Penny, 1942. PCGS MS-64 RB Secure Holder. Radiant reds highlight the surfaces with noteworthy luster." 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, despite the large mintage, of a type struck 1940-47.

Recorded mintage: 1,928,000.

Specification: 5.6 g, bronze, 25.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-12.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1941 half penny
• 1942 penny
• 1942 threepence
• 1942 sixpence
• 1942 florin
• 1942 half crown
• 1947 half penny
• Coins and currency dated 1942
• return to coins of New Zealand