New Zealand 1935 Waitangi Crown EF/nUNC
The 1935 Waitangi Silver Crown was struck after the New Zealand Numismatic Society approached the government to suggest the issue of a coin commemorating the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand’s founding document.
The coin's reverse designed by New Zealand artist James Berry and adapted by British artist Percy Metcalfe, shows Ngapuhi Chief Tamati Waka Nene and the first governor of New Zealand William Hobson shaking hands above the legend 'Waitangi'.
Limited to an issue of 1,128 coins (364 proofs and 764 circulation strikes) the coins were issued as souvenirs at a premium to their face value.
- Impaired Proof, EF/nUNC
- ex. M.R.Roberts 1977
Original: $7,500.00
-70%$7,500.00
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The 1935 Waitangi Silver Crown was struck after the New Zealand Numismatic Society approached the government to suggest the issue of a coin commemorating the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand’s founding document.
The coin's reverse designed by New Zealand artist James Berry and adapted by British artist Percy Metcalfe, shows Ngapuhi Chief Tamati Waka Nene and the first governor of New Zealand William Hobson shaking hands above the legend 'Waitangi'.
Limited to an issue of 1,128 coins (364 proofs and 764 circulation strikes) the coins were issued as souvenirs at a premium to their face value.
- Impaired Proof, EF/nUNC
- ex. M.R.Roberts 1977
