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1956 NZ Threepence  NZ Half Penny  NZ Sixpence  Aussie One Penny  AussieSixpence  Aussie Shilling.  Steve :) |
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Good group there Steve, some of those coins look familiar  My Kiwi stuff for 56 includes the Strapless 3d, but not the penny which is more scarce. There are around 300k strapless Threepence, 200k Sixpences dated 1957 and only 50k of the pennies, hence their scarcity and cost ($100 for an average one - the other 2 coins are in the $10 - $20 level).   The strapless 3d is the coin on the left. You will notice all the others have a line across the neck for her dress and the notch on her shoulder that is the "strapped" version. The strapless coin does not have this notch and the line is indistinct after halfway across. Bear this in mind as tomorrow when we get to 1955, all the coins will be "Strapless". Again VF grade coins proliferate, but the shilling is almost EF, the Halfpenny is AU and the "strapped" 3d is EF. 1955 will be the first year I show with several "scarce coins". Edited by Princetane
02/04/2021 02:54 am
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1956 in Australia was the big year as it was the Olympic Games in Melbourne which bought a lot ofpositive publicity and global attention to the land down under.  A worn shilling which has some bizarre pink/red paint, a decent 3d and not a bad penny. However we have another nice Florin   This one is gEF (A bit of wear) yet still has a nice lustre (Old photo). It is also a date where high grade examples are harder to find that most QE2 years, so this coin is one of my Aussie highlights (I think I paid about $40 for it - much more than my other "Lizzies"). Edited by Princetane
02/04/2021 02:57 am
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1956 NZ penny, traces of lustre:   1956 NZ shilling - one of my favourite designs:  1956 Australia penny ( Perth Mint):   |
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1955 NZ Shilling  NZ Sixpence  I just gave up trying to load any more images. The image uploader is running too slow on my computer today. :( Steve |
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Interesting, I ran out of daylight as I a lot else on today, my photos are not good. Heres a complete NZ set  I took this at 8.34pm on a day where sunset is at 8.29pm! The coins are quite worn, only the 6d is nice (EF). The ½d and 1/- are scarce for 1955 with just 240k and 200k minted. There is a variety of 6d with the strapped obverse and it is mega rare (5 known out of 2 million coins). I don't have it obviously. 1954 will see better photos. |
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Steve, your 55 shilling is very nice, a great example for a scarce year! My Australia is just 3 coins. No Florins were issued in 1955, so the Florin show will resume tomorrow and there are more to come.  A woefully bad (Barely fine) shilling and a EF but warped Threepence.  This blurry photo shows a late addition 6d coin. Despite the blurs its in high VF condition. I have none of the bronze.  The quality and number of coins for both countries will shoot up dramatically tomorrow. |
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1955 A couple of Aussie coins, but that's all. Image uploading is taking ages.   Steve :) |
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Might be a local thing, my photos are going up fast.
Anyway we have a complete set of 1955 dated Australian coins on display between us!
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Might be a local thing, my photos are going up fast. I think it's my laptop. Taking ages to open files. :) Steve |
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1954 NZ Sixpence  Aussie Shilling  Aussie Florin  Aussie Royal Visit Florin.  Steve :) |
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Nice Florins there, I don't have a Royal Visit one now as I want a perfect example again. I used to have a very worn example and though the design was strange, the wear made the lion and kangaroo blend into one, making it look like a centaur! NZ in 1954 was the most limited year in a while. The first of 7 years in a row with no Florins or Halfcrowns and also this year there was not even a shilling!   Like 1955, the 1954 Halfpenny is considered scarce and I am lucky to have an EF/AU example with some lustre left. Although not rare, the mintages of the 1d and 6d were below usual levels and only the 3d had a normal number issued. You will notice the strapless portrait with little detail and often poorly struck, making the difference between a EF and UNC coin hard to distinguish, fortunately my other 3 here are all in that VF category  My mother (God rest her soul) was born in 1954 and it was a year when two silly schoolgirls murdered one of their mothers and lesbianism and a fantasy world was part of the reason. NZ was a different place back then, a moral panic over badly behaved teenagers led to a ridiculous enquiry called the Mazengarb (A Cornishman born around 1880) enquiry and 24k of a booklet about raising your kids was sent to everyone on the DPB. The whole thing can be found on the internet and is just bizarre. |
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Australia in 1954 was a bit more exciting, the Queen and Prince Philip were there from February and into March (After being in NZ) and a Royal Visit florin was issued. I don't have one but Steve showed one. It was the last commemorative Florin issued and las Here is what I do have!   Here is a Florin (Standard issue - gVF), Shilling and a very nice 6d if stained. No Penny was issued in 1954 and I don't have the Halfpenny and the 3d is quite scarce by Lizzie standards. Just one more year of Lizzie and then finally a different ruler! From 1953 backwards, my coins particularly NZ get much better as we enter the exciting era and not far off the silver era. PS Funny how verdigris shows up on coins in photos, but its not visible to the naked eye. Edited by Princetane
02/06/2021 05:09 am
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I don't have a Royal Visit one now as I want a perfect example again. Certainly no lack of good examples on ebay. Steve :) |
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