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Currency - Coin - New Zealand - 1 Penny

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Currency - Coin - New Zealand - 1 Penny
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Coin - New Zealand - 1 Penny - 1956

**Kept and sold in plastic with Cond. and ID written out in English.


KM # 24

SPECIFICATIONS~

Composition: 97% Cooper, 2.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin

Weight: 9.6 g

Diameter: 31 mm

Thickness: 1.7 mm

Demonetized: Yes (In 1967)

Edge: Smooth



DESIGN~

Obverse: Laureate bust of Queen Elizabeth II right without shoulder strap (1st Portrait)

Lettering: + QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND

Obverse Designer: Mary Gillick

Reverse: Tui bird on branch, facing left

Lettering: NEW ZEALAND ONE PENNY 1959

Reverse Designer: L.C. Mitchell


NOTE~

Ruler: Elizabeth II

Minted: British Royal Mint


General Information:

This is a popular series for all serious collectors.


Rennicks New Zealand Coinage Guide 1966:

“The obverse master die was re-designed with shoulder strap, but a few varieties of 1956 pennies are to be found withou re-designed strap.”

These are estimated to be around 50,000.