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6 Pence - George VI 1st type
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1937-1946 |
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| Weight | 2.83 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George VI, modelled by Thomas Humphrey Paget, occupies the central field. The king is depicted with a naturalistically rendered short hairstyle and a plain truncation at the shoulder. The engraver's initials 'HP' appear discreetly at the lower truncation. The surrounding legend reads GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, disposed along the upper and lower periphery within a fine beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Huia bird, an iconic and now-extinct New Zealand species, is depicted in left profile perched upon a slender branch, its distinctive long curved bill clearly rendered. The design, executed by George Kruger Gray, is set within a plain field framed by a beaded border. The legend NEW·ZEALAND arcs above the central motif, while the denomination SIXPENCE and the date appear in two lines below the branch. |
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