What a beauty the kiwi design florin is, one issue that sets the point of reference for all coinage issued after. First issued in 1933 with the pattern of the Emperor George V, the 1936 reverse has Emperor VI but has the same browsing kiwi design. Numerous flaws and variations exist in NZ [...]
NZ COLLECTION Key Pieces #3 1935 Threepence
Another example of a “key” piece to any collection of New Zealand coins is also from the smallest silver coin released by the NZ Reserve Bank issued in 1935. With only 40,000 pieces struck, most finding their way into circulation. Of the proofs only 364 were minted so it is a true rarity. The 2009 [...]
NZ COLLECTION Key Pieces #2 1940 NZ Centennial Silver Halfcrown
1940 NZ Centennial Silver Halfcrown is another key piece in the New Zealand single country collection. Not the most valuable but one of the most beautiful. Only 100,800 were issued and it is the only commemorative Half-crown issued by the Reserve Bank of NZ. Its numbers make it uncommon but not rare however its place [...]
