New Zealand 1949 penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1318

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1318 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. Penny, 1949. PCGS PROOF-65 BN Secure Holder. Choice and attractive. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." 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 the revised obverse legend "KING GEORGE THE SIXTH," was minted 1949-52, there being no issue for 1948. All dates are common but proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 2,016,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 9.6 g, bronze, 30.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-24.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1946 penny
• 1949 half penny
• 1949 florin
• 1949 half crown
• 1949 crown
• 1950 penny
• New Zealand 1950 shilling
• Coins and currency dated 1949
• return to coins of New Zealand