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Yr.17 1942 Japan. 10 Sen Showa.   |
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Yr.17 1942 Japan. 5 Sen Showa.   |
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Yr.17 1942 Japan. 1 Sen Showa.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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1942 Republica Portuguesa. 20 centavos.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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1942 UK. Half Crown George VI 1st type.   |
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1942 UK. 1 Shilling - George VI English crest; with 'IND:IMP'   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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1942 UK Half Penny. George VI with 'IND:IMP'   |
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1942 UK. 3 Pence.George VI with 'IND:IMP'   |
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1942 Republique Portuguesa. 2.50 Escudos.   |
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1942 Kiwi Halfcrown   1942 had a low mintage and thus high quality specimens are very expensive. This example is a decent VF. |
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1942 Bought a few varieties in the NZ line up. One was a broken back shilling   The coin on the left is the "Broken back" sadly its more worn and quite grubby (These half copper/silver coins wear badly in our humid climate) - the Halfcrowns look okay mostly as they are VF or EF, but the rest of my silver is mostly VG ranging between G and Fine. Notice the missing chunk on the edge of the back (Die break I think). If anyone can tell me how to remove the dirty black gunk on these things without it damaging or making the coin look too fake, I would love to know. The Broken back shilling is aVG, but the standard coin is better than average in fine condition, note the sharper detail in the grass skirt on the Maori warrior.  Edited by Princetane
04/06/2020 04:24 am
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The rest of New Zealand coins for 1942 included all 7 denominations. I don't have a florin, but here are the rest.   I am working down the denominations for upgrading, so these are some mean coins - I like to show them as this is how 90% of surviving NZ coins from this era really look. They are close to 80 years old after all. We have Halfpenny, Penny, 3d and 6d. |
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Something a little nicer!   1942 Fijian holed penny. In 1942 and 1943 coins out of brass rather than copper nickel were issued as copper and nickel were needed for the war effort. The coin is minted in San Francisco again - not only silver was minted there - base metals too - after all, there was a shortage of low denomination coins in the wartime. Ironically - NZ sent a stock of £1 notes to Fiji, overstamped Fiji, so if the Japanese invaded Fiji, the notes would lose all validity just like the Hawaii overprinted US currency of the time!  Edited by Princetane
04/06/2020 02:21 am
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1942 UK set:  1942 halfcrown. Like the New Zealand coins posted by Princetane, this is of the same 50% silver, 50% copper alloy, and as the climate in the UK is similar to that in New Zealand, the coins wore badly. This is typical of those retrieved from circulation in the late 1960s:  |
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Thanks NumisRob - you had a nice brother - all mine does is ask me for money he never pays back. Next time he does I will show him that corroded 1942 Penny and tell him, its his fault  Meanwhile back to the Holey coins of Africa.   5 cents this time and just as worn. In Swahili, this was "senti tano" It's so worn its not true, making my corroded and blackened shillings look like the deep cameo half dollars all our North American friends are posting I just find holed coins interesting and more are coming!  Edited by Princetane
04/06/2020 04:40 am
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