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[16] [17] The obverse of the coin, like other New Zealand coinage of the period, shows an uncrowned bust of George VI designed by Humphrey Paget. [18] Struck in .500 fineness , the 1949 crown was the sole circulating silver coin in New Zealand following the abandonment of silver coinage in favour of cupronickel in 1947.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon [b] (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI.
George VI died in 1952, but was first interred in the Royal Vault and moved to the memorial chapel when it was built 17 years later. Show comments Advertisement
King George VI died suddenly in his sleep on 6 February 1952 after 16 years on the throne following his brother’s abdication in December 1936.. An official statement published later claimed the ...
Of the George VI issues, the 1946 and 1949 carry a premium, and the 1939 a smaller one. For Elizabeth II issues, Spink's Coins of England and the United Kingdom gives values for coins in pristine condition only, with the greatest worth assigned to the 1958 at £15 in brilliant uncirculated condition and minimum worth assigned to any circulation ...
The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 20 of one pound, or twelve pence. It was first minted in the reign of Henry VII as the testoon, and became known as the shilling, from the Old English scilling, [1] sometime in the mid-16th century. It circulated until 1990.