Sleepy Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 Can anyone tell me what material the 1949 NZ Crown was minted in. All the reference, I can find, state silver but with no further details of what standard of silver. I'm even a little skeptical if it is silver at all as NZ changed from 0.5 silver to CuNi in 1948 along with the UK. Quote
Rob Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 All I have is Krause which says 0.500 silver Quote
VickySilver Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 Mine in hand looks 0.500 but did not run a test on it. I believe the other NZ issues of smaller denominations went 0.500. Quote
Mr T Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 I didn't think New Zealand ever had sterling silver coins. Maybe try the tissue test to be sure? If it looks white through a tissue it's silver; if it looks grey it's cupronickel (from memory). Quote
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