New Zealand 1953 crown

from the Razorback Collection

This is the third and final crown issued for New Zealand which she was on the sterling system and the only one in copper-nickel. It is common.

Recorded mintage: 250,000 plus 7,000 proofs.

Specification: copper-nickel, 38.8 mm diameter, designed by Mary Gillick and R. M Conly.

Catalog reference: KM 30.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1949 crown
• 1953 threepence
• 1953 sixpence
• 1953 half crown
• Coins and currency dated 1953
• return to coins of New Zealand