New Zealand 1943 florin

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 23359

This specimen was lot 23359 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. Florin, 1943. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. Tied with only one other example in the PCGS census, this majestically argent specimen yields tremendous radiance and brilliance to the viewer. Immensely pleasing and alluring. From the Fenton Collection." This florin struck for George VI retained the kiwi reverse introduced with George V. This type was struck 1937-46 tho none were made 1938-39. 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: 1,400,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-10.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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