George III. Half-Crown
Tendered as change in a Christchurch shop over 20 years ago, a half-crown minted in 1816 was showri to a reporter by a Christchurch resident, who kept the coin in the first place merely because he realised that it was nearly a hundred years old. The reighing monarch was George III., and while the coat of arins is more involved than that -on the modern coin, the size is exactly the same.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 205, 22 April 1932, Page 7
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75George III. Half-Crown Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 205, 22 April 1932, Page 7
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