New Zealand predecimal coin values

New Zealand

coins

predecimal

Values, images, and specifications for New Zealand

coins from 1933 to 1965.

New Zealand's own coinage

was introduced in 1933, as

a result of the devaluation

of the New Zealand pound

to match the Australian pound, rather than sterling.

Prior to 1933, UK coinage was the official legal tender in

New Zealand, however Australian coins were also used

in lower volumes.

For the purposes of our New Zealand currency pages, the

pre-decimal era relates to coins minted between 1933 and 1965.

The New Zealand pre-decimal period

spanned the reign of 4 monarchs between

1933 and 1965:

   - King George V from 1933 to 1936

   - King Edward VIII 1936, (no coins minted)

   - King George VI from 1936 to 1952

   - Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2022

The first coins produced specifically for New Zealand, were minted in London,

dated 1933, (threepence, sixpence, shilling, florin, halfcrown), and the first

New Zealand halfpenny and penny coins were minted in 1940.

The crown coin was released as a commemorative issue in 1935,1949, and 1953.

The last pre-decimal coins were manufactured dated 1965, prior to

New Zealand's conversion to decimal currency in 1967: 'Decimilisation'.

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