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[[Image:SA I28-1470.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1470]]

This specimen was lot 1470 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "NEW ZEALAND: George VI, 1936-1952, AR 3 pence, 1940, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." 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. Threepences were struck for George VI in 0.500 fine silver 1937-46, then copper-nickel for 1947. In 1948, the obverse was revised from "GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR" to "KING GEORGE THE SIXTH." In 1940, New Zealand soldiers were heavily involved in the fighting in North Africa. [[New Zealand]] converted to decimal coinage in the late sixties and the threepence became obsolete.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000 plus proofs.

''Specification:'' 1.41 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16.3 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-7.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Internet Auction 28'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[New Zealand 1939 3 pence|1939 threepence]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 1/2 penny|1940 half penny]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 penny|1940 penny]]
* [[British West Africa 1940-KN 3 pence]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 6 pence|1940 sixpence]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 shilling|1940 shilling]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 florin|1940 florin]]
* [[New Zealand 1940 1/2 crown|1940 half crown, centennial of settlement]]
* [[New Zealand 1941 3 pence|1941 threepence]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1940]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album internet sale 28]]

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 [[Image:SA I28-1470.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1470]]
-This specimen was lot 1470 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "NEW ZEALAND: George VI, 1936-1952, AR 3 pence, 1940, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." 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. Threepences were struck for George VI in 0.500 fine silver 1937-46, then copper-nickel for 1947. In 1948, the obverse was revised from "GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR" to "KING GEORGE THE SIXTH." In 1940, New Zealand soldiers were heavily involved in the fighting in North Africa. [[New Zealand]] converted to decimal coinage in the late sixties and the threepence became obsolete.
+This specimen was lot 1470 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $420. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "NEW ZEALAND: George VI, 1936-1952, AR 3 pence, 1940, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." 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. Threepences were struck for George VI in 0.500 fine silver 1937-46, then copper-nickel for 1947. In 1948, the obverse was revised from "GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR" to "KING GEORGE THE SIXTH." In 1940, New Zealand soldiers were heavily involved in the fighting in Greece, Crete and North Africa. [[New Zealand]] converted to decimal coinage in the late sixties and the threepence became obsolete.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000 plus proofs.

New Zealand 1940 3 pence - Revision history

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