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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 108450, member: 1824&quot;]Annie,the first silver coins from New Zealand date from 1933.There was 2 silver 5/- crowns - 1935 (which is extremely rare),&amp; the 1949 (commemorates the cancelled Royal Visit of King George VI).The 1953 Coronation 5/- is cupro-nickel.The Halfpenny &amp; Penny was first issued in 1940.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aussie silver coins were all Sterling silver (.925) right through to 1945,when the fineness was cut down to .500 fine silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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