The last New Zealand Shilling containing any silver at all, was minted in 1946. From 1947 onwards, all New Zealand Shillings were made from a copper-nickel alloy.
The last New Zealand Shilling was minted in 1965. The 10 cent coins that replaced them had ONE SHILLING marked on them in 1967, 1968 and 1969.
New Zealand has never produced a 50 Shilling coin/note.
New Zealand decimal currency was introduced on the 10th of July, 1967. It is based on 100 cents = 1 Dollar.The system it replaced was based on the old British monetary system of Pounds, Shillings and Pence. 12 pence = 1 shilling, 20 shillings = 1 pound.The old New Zealand currency included the Halfpenny, Penny, Threepence, Sixpence, Shilling, Florin (Two Shillings), Halfcrown (Two Shillings and Sixpence) and the Crown (Five Shillings) coins and, the Ten Shilling, One Pound, Five Pound, Ten Pound and Fifty Pound notes.In 1967, the new currency included the 1 cent, 2 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent and 50 cent coins and, the One Dollar, Two Dollar, Ten Dollar, Twenty Dollar and One Hundred Dollar notes.
The New Zealand 50 cent coin is round. From 1967 to 2006, the New Zealand 50 cent coin, has a silver appearance, weighs 13.61 grams and was 31.73 mm in diameter, is 2.33 mm thick, has an inerrupted milled edge and is made from 75% copper and 25% nickel. From 2006 to present, the New Zealand 50 cent coin, has a silver appearance, weighs 5 grams and is 24.75 mm in diameter, is 1.7 mm thick, has a plain edge and is made from nickel plated steel.
It ceased to be legal tender in 1967 - along with the rest of the then British currency. In 1967, New Zealand adopted the NZ dollar.
New Zealand introduced decimal currency on July 10 1967.
New Zealand has never produced a 50 Shilling coin/note.
No general circulation New Zealand decimal coin contains any silver. New Zealand 50 cent coins were made from a copper nickel alloy from 1967 until 2006.
Canadian silver dollars contain 0.6 troy ounces of silver.
Canadian silver dollars contain 0.6 troy ounces of silver.
A 1967 2 shilling coin is worth nothing really A 1967 2 shilling coin uncirculated would be worth around £1.50 maximum
Yes, it contains 40% silver and is worth about $5 in silver content as of the time of writing.
The New Zealand 1 cent coin was only issued as a bronze coin. If you have one that appears to be silver, it is because somebody plated it. Modified coins have no collector value.
25 cents. The coin does not contain any silver and is in common circulation.
No. All British Florins (Two Shilling coins) 1947 - 1967 are Cupro-Nickel, that is in most cases 75% copper and 25% nickel.
Half dollars from that year contain 40% silver and are worth around $5.
No. All New Zealand predecimal coins and notes were withdrawn from circulation shortly after the introduction of decimal currency in 1967 and subsequently demonetised. The 1967, 1968 and 1969 New Zealand 10 cent coins carried the words "ONE SHILLING" on the reverse along with the "10", but these were withdrawn and demonetised along with all other pre-2006 10 cent coins after the new design coins were issued.
A New Zealand Shilling, depending on the year and condition might get anything from $3 to $1,500 NZD. New Zealand changed to decimal currency on the 10th of July, 1967, and all Pre-decimal currency was progressively withdrawn from circulation, and demonetised in 1990. Prior to that, New Zealand issued shilling coins from 1933 to 1965. At the change-over in 1967, the Shilling converted to 10 cents.