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Nice additions PrinceTane.
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I have decided I will add all my new purchases and upgrades of KIWI KLASSICS to this thread! Outstanding!  |
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One more!   1951 Sixpence - Uncirculated. These are quite cheap ($10 or $15) due to the fact they were not released into circulation until 1963, as they were stashed at the back of the bank vaults, being surplus to needs after massive issuing of base metal coins in 1947 - 1950 to replace silver. 1950 and 1952 dated sixoences would cost over $100 each in the same condition. It is one of the few pre 1961 coins you can get in UNC condition very cheaply. Edited by Princetane
06/03/2021 2:29 pm
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Keeping the coin addition party going.  Some more sixpences, 1934, 1947, 1940 and 1941.   1934 in VF/gVF - this one was easy and cheap ($6) and means my 1934 NZ coins are all high grade examples.   1940 in VF/aVF, much cheaper being from a less known dealer, 1940 is a harder date.   1941 in VF, this coin is very hard to get in VF or higher condition, with just 440k made, it was the 2nd rarest 6d after the 1942 (360k). Both coins cost around $3 - $5 in VG, but zoom up to $80!! in VF, the dealer let me have this for $45. Unlike my near UNC 1943/44 these things are unaffordable. The 1947 was just a slightly better Fine upgarding a VG and only cost $3, so won't show anymore of it. |
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One of my best new add ons, a 1944 shilling in AU condition. This baby cost me $70 and is worth twice as much   Again the shot does not do the coin justice and it shines like crazy in real life. This date is very scarce in conditions above Fine, this is AU and only very light wear appears on George's high cheek ridge and hair. |
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Great looking coin PrinceTane. :)
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The rest of these beauties. This is a well known dealer in Christchurch and they had a book of better NZ coins. I got quite a few goodies and even upgraded some recent VF upgrades with AU ones! However some rare dates like 1941 and 1950 3d's still elude me.   1940 Penny - AU, this is a vanity purchase more than anything else, I have put little effort into upgrading the copper coins as they are generally VF for nothing and EF to UNC are expensive ($35 - $150 per coin), however I felt my 1940 1st year pennies were awful, cleaned Fine and grubby aVF, so this EF/AU thing with lustre was worth the $30 I paid for it.   1947 Halfpenny AU - UNC, this was also a vanity purchase, I just wanted a random 1940s halfpenny in as close to UNC as possible, they did not have any UNC/BU ones as they just don't exist. The best are high AU's like this, the fact remains copper coins, especially through the 1940s were always in short supply and intercepting an keeping a new one was almost impossible - the coin inevitably passed through a few hands before it reached yours. |
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Now for the silver, the supply was limited - not only are high grade 1930s and 1940s NZ coins expensive, they are hard to find!! With these books it was mainly the more common dates I get upgrades and given most of my silver coins are VF to EF anyway - I was hardly forking out for coins in barely EF condition when I had gVF already!! I got 3 silver threepences and the shilling already shown - the rest is upgraded cupronickel pieces of the 1950s that were relatively cheap in comparison.   1933 3d - AU, this coin replaced a bare VF example and even though it looks great there is something really unatural about it's shine, I suspect its been dipped a long time ago, which seems pointless given its state. Still $30 for a coin catalogued at $80 I am not complaining!   1940 - AU/gEF A bit more dull, but still outstanding detail, it replaces a bare VF coin too. 1940 is average mintage but a hard date to get really nice examples of. This coin was the best of 6 so called AU coins, it was the dullest but had the most detail and I suspect this thing is as naturally uncleaned as it comes. Would have been even better if it was 1941, as the book had 5 or 6 clearly average coins worse than my current Fine/gFine example. The dealers told me that high grade 1941's just do not exist    1945 - borderline UNC - This is as good as it gets, common year and a very nice, the lightest friction on the king's cheek and hair (Always worn on high relief soft silver coins like this) - but like all early NZ silver, the tails remains sharp down to VF. A great coin and now most of my 3d's looks stunning. The joy of the Threepence coin is that top grade examples of all dates sans the 1935 of course are much more affordable than all the other coins. Again it is just supply is an issue. 1945 and 1946 are easy dates as they were the last 2 silver years and high mintages (I also have an AU 1946 coin). |
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Some more beautiful additions PrinceTane.
Looks like I need another trip to Christchurch too. :)
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Except you may have to be happy with what was left in those albums, I went pretty crazy as you can see! I have found a 1999 5 cent coin for you, its AU a teeny bit cloudy but a good spacefiller. Now feast your eyes all on these babies.   1951 Threepence - shiny and Choice UNC, its even better than the 6d - 1951 is a gift year for NZ coins and apart from the shilling I pretty much have the whole year in AU - UNC condition!   1953 - UNC a hard coin to get outside Proof sets, most 1953 coins are Fine or VF at best, truly Uncirculated gems like these are a revelation and just $12!   1954 - AU - another hard year to find perfect coins (Try the copper!) so AU is as good as it gets   1956 - A stunningly UNC piece, this may be even choice UNC - one of the years you can get nice coins (Except strapless ones). |
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The last 4 pieces, 1957 and 1958 3ds and a 1958 and 1959 6d.   1957 - slider UNC, the reverse shows light rubbing and dullness, but the coin did cost only $5, the obverse is the usual shinefest.   1958 - 3d - another creamy coin that is choice UNC. These cupronickel coins were all cheap in the $5 or $10 - $12 bracket, a lot for a coin that costs 20c in VF+ condition, but I just want the best.  The Sixpences were pecked dry and again, it seems the best widely available are like the high VF ones I seem to accumulate (The 1941 cost me an arm and a leg). All I could get was 1958 and 1959 at $10 a coin.   1958 6d, its AU but 99% of 1958 6ds are high Fine or VF, so AU is better than nothing, also like most of my photos the coins look so much better in real life.   1959 Fresh UNC, this coin is like its late 1959 and I have just received it in change, fresh from the vault after buying a TT2 (Ice block) and paying with a shilling coin! That's the end of this update, next 1941 3d's |
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