Description
Country or authority: New Zealand
Year or date range: 1941
Denomination: Half crown
Composition: Silver
Ruler or portrait: George VI
Mint or mintmark: Royal Mint, London; no mintmark visible
Catalogue references: KM# 11 (New Zealand)
Obverse description: Bare head of George VI facing left, without drapery or armour. Legend: GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR. Small HP initials below the neck truncation; toothed border.
Reverse description: Crowned New Zealand shield within Māori-inspired ornamental scrollwork. Shield contains four stars, a wheat sheaf, a suspended lamb and crossed mining hammers, with three ships arranged vertically through its centre. Legend: NEW·ZEALAND HALF·CROWN; date ·1941· below, with diamond-shaped separators.
