One coin away from completing my New Zealand set

Today my 1935 New Zealand 3 pence came in the mail from Australia. This is the lowest mintage pre-decimal coin for New Zealand that I'm aware of. Incidentally, this is the first slabbed coin that I own, and that had nothing to do with my decision to buy it. Now all I need is the 1944 half crown to complete the pre-decimal set. Unfortunately the slab confuses my scanner so I couldn't get good pics and had to use my camera, which can only get so close.

 

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As a side note, there's a really favorable currency exchange rate with the Australian dollar right now which makes it a great time to buy from sellers there.

 

Accomplishment most extraordinaire.......

 

It will be when I get that last coin, but at least I have the hardest one now.

 

Congrats in advance on completing a pretty tough set.

 

Always nice to see your collections. NZ coins are ones that I feel aren't collected enough!

 

Yes, now is a good time for the American Dollar, it's much stronger than it was a few years ago and it's great for buying things from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia .

 

Thanks. Eventually I seem to gravitate toward all the former British colonies. I just like their coin designs. It usually starts with the big pennies and moves on from there. Another reason I liked New Zealand is the set is a lot smaller than a lot of other countries so it's more reasonable to complete it. Their coins don't start until 1933. I collect the moderns too but there are a lot of mint set only coins with low mintages that I don't have yet.

 

congrats on finally getting this coin. I remember you wanting this coin awhile back. good to know you got it and a decent grade too.

 

Low mintages are always hard to get. Glad you found one in the condition you wanted. Now that's a hobby. Let us know when you get that last coin.

 

http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-c...aland-predecimal/crowns/auction-927336507.htm

 

Thanks for the link. I'll have to see if that seller will ship to the U.S.

 

My pleasure. If he doesn't, ask him if he will ship to Australia. I have a package going to U.S. soon, so I could include it there for you.

 

After visiting friends in Dunedin I got caught up collecting the copper tokens from the gold rush years. Ended up with several hundred before I got swept along on another wave........

 

This sounds like a really fun collection to assemble. Can you please tell me how many coins are needed to complete it, and how difficult it is? Maybe, I would like to endeavor working on one, too, if I can afford it.

 

The thing I enjoy about these sets and aussie sets is they aren't horrifically expensive. You can get 90% of the coins for a reasonable price.

 

You're doing a year set? That's hard. Congrats, and good luck with the '44 1/2C.

 

All the collections I do I aim for completeness, not just type sets. I just have a desire to have them all. I don't go for the super rarities though, like there's a 1 crown with a mintage of about 600 that I would never try for. So far I've done Greece since 1900 and independent Ireland. Both have a clear start and end date which makes it nice.

 

They start in 1933 with a few of the denominations and later for the others, and the pre-decimal goes through 1965. Also there are not coins for every year, so there are some gaps in there. You have half pennies, pennies, 3 pence, 6 pence, 1 shilling, florin, half crown and two 1 crowns. Most of the higher denominations are silver until the late 1940s. Many have mintages under 1 million, but you can get most of the coins cheaply. You can probably get the non-silver coins for less than $1 each, and almost all of the others for less than $10. This one I posted here cost about $100, and it's far and away the highest one. The hardest thing is just finding the coins for sale because many of them don't come up that often. I've been working on it for a few years, though it's not like I've focused all of my attention on it. You could make a lot of progress without breaking the bank.

 

Nice. I don't own any of those but I'd like some someday. It's hard to believe the country didn't have official coins until the 1930s.