Description

New Zealand Penny 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II Reign.

Obverse: Queen's bust right.

Designer: Mary Gillick.

Legend: + QUEEN . ELIZABETH . THE . SECOND

Reverse: Tui bird standing in the branches of a kōwhai tree.

Legend: NEW ZEALAND  ONE PENNY.

Designer: L.C. Mitchell.

Catalogue: KM# 24.1

Royal mint, London, 2,407,000.

Bronze, 9.6g, 31mm, 1,7thick, plain edge.

Grade: Unc, red brown, good luster.