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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;commems, post: 1941007, member: 71381&quot;]I picked up this 1940 Half Crown from New Zealand this weekend at a show in Charlotte, NC.&nbsp; I had been looking for a nice example for a couple of years and was pleased to come across this one at a price I thought was fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was issued to mark the centennial of New Zealand as a British colony vs. the 100th anniversary of its settlement.&nbsp; The islands of New Zealand had been settled centuries before the British and aboriginal Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.&nbsp; The treaty established British sovereignty over the islands.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin’s obverse features the Thomas Humphrey Paget portrait of King George VI.</p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative reverse design features a Māori woman in traditional dress standing in the foreground with a Māori village scene in the background on the viewer’s left and a modern skyline at the right.&nbsp; A shining sun surmounts all.&nbsp; Noted New Zealand artist Leonard Cornwall Mitchell was responsible for the design.&nbsp; I find the art deco style of the coin’s design to be very attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is 0.500 fine silver, with a weight of 14.14 grams and a diameter of 32 mm; it has a reeded edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin has very nice cartwheel luster and generally clean surfaces.&nbsp; This doesn’t come across in the images I’ve included as they were created via my scanner.&nbsp; It’s bright light washes out coins and doesn’t capture their true luster.&nbsp; Fortunately – for me – the actual coin is much nicer than it looks in my scans!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]336632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]336633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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