New Zealand 1963 penny
This specimen was lot 74277 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. Penny, 1963. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-64 Red Brown. With an interesting toning pattern, this Proof is attractive and wholesome and should be a star in the next cabinet it enters." 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 proofs.
Specification: 9.6 g, bronze, 30.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-24.2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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