New Zealand 1965 florin

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75413

This specimen was lot 75413 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $45. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW ZEALAND. Florin, 1965. Elizabeth II. PCGS SPECIMEN-66. A Superb Gem with prooflike quality and brilliant eye appeal." New Zealand received her distinctive coinage starting in 1933. Early florins were 0.500 fine silver but were converted to copper-nickel in 1947. The 1953 issue introduced the bust of queen Elizabeth while the type shown here was produced 1961-65 with a modified bust. Circulation issues are common in all grades, the proofs are rare. On the reverse, the flightless kiwi probes for unwary numismatists.

Recorded mintage: 9,450,000 plus 25,000 prooflike. No proofs are recorded for 1965.

Specification: 11.31 g, copper-nickel, 28.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-28.2.

Source:

• 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 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1964 florin
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• 1965 sixpence
• 1965 shilling
• 1965 half crown
• Coins and currency dated 1965