New Zealand 1960 1/2 penny

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50582

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was part of lot 50582 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $529. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. 1/2 Penny, 1960. PCGS PROOF-63 RB." 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 type, with a visible shoulder fold in the queen's dress, was minted 1956-65. All dates are common but proofs are rare. The coinage was decimalized in 1967.

Recorded mintage: 2,400,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: bronze, 25.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 23.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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• 1958 half penny
• 1956 penny
• Australia 1960(p) half penny
• South Africa 1960 1/2 penny
• 1960 threepence
• 1962 half penny
• Coins and currency dated 1960
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