1940 New Zealand Proof Centennial Halfcrown

New Zealand. George VI. 1940 Proof Halfcrown. Centennial of New Zealand. GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, bare head of George VI left by Thomas Humphrey Paget. NEW ZEALAND CENTENNIAL HALF CROWN · 1840 · 1940, Māori woman standing with outstretched arms before a radiant sun; a whare and pūhara at left symbolising pre-European New Zealand, and a modern commercial building at right representing national development. An extremely scarce proof striking of this one-year commemorative halfcrown for the 100th anniversary of New Zealand. KM#14 Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 53, Sale 54, Sale 57, cited as one of only four in private hands. Other accounts encountered in commerce still as low as 5 (HA, 2015). From the Collection of Professor Wayne Newman Palmer, HA, January 2005, and later the Peh Family Collection. Officially Certified by NGC as PF64.