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2. Penny (New Zealand pre-decimal coin) - Wikipedia

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   The New Zealand penny is a large bronze coin issued from 1939 [a] to 1965. Introduced seven years after the larger denominations of New Zealand pound coinage, the coin's issuing was scheduled to align with the centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi and the New Zealand centennial, alongside the halfpenny and centennial half-crown.

3. Sixpence (New Zealand coin) - Wikipedia

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   The coin's final reverse, designed by George Kruger Gray, features a female huia, an extinct New Zealand bird, perched atop a branch. Issued in 50% silver until a postwar rise in silver prices triggered a shift to cupronickel in 1947, the coin was minted with relative consistency until 1965, when it was discontinued following decimalisation and ...

4. Florin (New Zealand coin) - Wikipedia

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   The florin is a coin issued for the New Zealand pound from 1933 to 1965, equal to two shillings or twenty-four pence. The coin features a kiwi on the reverse and the reigning monarch on the obverse. The coin features a kiwi on the reverse and the reigning monarch on the obverse.

5. 9 Rare Coins That Can Make You Rich - AOL

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   This rare coin is notable because it doesn’t contain a mint mark; the U.S. Mint deliberately didn’t include mint marks on coins produced from 1965 to 1967, to limit coin hoarding. The Mint ...

6. Coins of the New Zealand pound - Wikipedia

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   Coinage was first brought to New Zealand by whalers and traders in the early 19th century. Following the establishment of the Colony of New Zealand in the 1840s, Spanish silver coins formed the bulk of currency in circulation, but silver and gold coinage from the United States, Portugal, France, and the Netherlands also circulated.

7. Threepence (New Zealand coin) - Wikipedia

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   The New Zealand threepence is a coin of the New Zealand pound issued from 1933 to 1965. Equal to three pence, the coin was the smallest in size of all New Zealand pound coinage and the smallest in denomination of the initial 1933 issue of New Zealand pound coinage, produced due to shortages of British silver coins resulting from the devaluation of local currency relative to the pound sterling.

8. Shilling (New Zealand coin) - Wikipedia

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   After several decades of proposals, the New Zealand government pursued the creation of a domestic coinage the same year. [4] The Coinage Act, 1933, outlined the weights and sizes of the six denominations of New Zealand silver coinage, defining the shilling as a coin with a weight of 5.66 grams. [5] The shilling was worth twelve pence or half a ...

9. Halfpenny (New Zealand coin) - Wikipedia

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   The coin was designed by New Zealand artist Leonard Cornwall Mitchell after winning a government-sponsored design competition, and then modelled by Royal Mint designer Percy Metcalfe. The halfpenny features the head of the reigning monarch on the obverse, with a hei-tiki pendant ornamented and simplified kowhaiwhai woodcarvings on the reverse.