Description

New Zealand Halfpenny 1940.

The first halfpenny issued in New Zealand.

King George VI Reign.

Pound Sterling Coinage.

Obverse: King's bust to the left.

Designer: Thomas Humphrey Paget.

Legend: KING GEORGE THE SIXTH.

Reverse: Maori Hei Tiki carving.

Designer: L .C. Mitchell.

Legends: . NEW ZEALAND  HALF PENNY .

Mintage: 3,432,000.

Bronze, 5.60g, 25.4mm, 1.6mm thick, edge plain.

Catalogue# 12.

Grade: aUNC, red brown with traces of luster.