British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

New Zealand, New Zealand, George VI, a negative model for the coinage obv. by T.H. Paget, bust left, george vi king emperor around, 268mm. Minor circumferential damage but the field unaffected, a very striking portrait of the King, virtually as made, UNIQUE (£900-1,200)

Provenance:
T.H. Paget Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-16 November 1984, lot 757 (part).

Plate 4. Used on the full range of coinage denominations introduced in New Zealand in 1937