• In 1933 New Zealand introduced its own coinage based on the British Pound Sterling. The old pre decimal £sd.
• Initially six coins were minted in silver (50%): Half Crown  (2/6),  Florin ( 2/-), Shilling (1/-), Sixpence (6d), Threepence (3d).
• The use of 50% silver was discontinued in 1947 and replaced with a cupro-nickel alloy. 
• In 1940 two further coins were minted, these in copper: Penny (1d), Halfpenny (1/2d).
• All coins were minted most years up until 1965 and discontinued in 1967 when New Zealand changed to the decimal system using the dollar as a base.
•  Coin mintage numbers vary, some years have large mintages while others a lot less and some years none at all.
• ​​The higher denominations such as the Half Crown tend to have lower mintage numbers and are scarcer while the Penny and Halfpennies are a lot higher and are most common.

The following are a list of New Zealand's pre decimal coin mintages by year:

N.Z Pre-Decimal Coins

Crowns

1935 Waitangi 1128
1949 Royal Visit 200,020
1953 Coronation 257,000

Half Crowns

1933 - 2,000,020
1934 - 2,720,020
1935 - 612,364
1937 - 672,200
1940 - 100,800
1941 - 776,000
1942 - 240,000
1943 - 1,120,000
1944 - 180,000
1945 - 420,000
1946 - 960,000
1947 - 1,600,020
1948 - 1,400,000
1949 - 2,800,000
1950 - 3,600,000
1951 - 1,200,000
1953 - 127,000
1961 - 80,000
1962 - 600,000
1963 - 400,000
​1965 - 200,000 (sets only)

Florins

1933 - 2,100,020
1934 - 2,850,020
1935 - 755,364
​1936 - 150,000
1937 - 1,190,200
1940 - 500,000
1941 - 820,000
1942 - 150,000
1943 - 1,400,000
1944 - 140,000
1945 - 515,000
1946 - 1,200,000
1947 - 2,500,020
1948 - 1,750,000
1949 - 3,500,000
1950 - 3,500,000
1951 - 2,000,000
1953 - 257,000
1961 - 1,500,000
1962 - 1,500,000
1963 - 100,000
1964 - 2,000,000
1965 - 9,475,010

Shillings

1933 - 2,000,020
1934 - 3,400,020
1935 - 1,680,364
1937 - 890,200
1940 - 500,000
1941 - 360,000
1942 - 240,000
1943 - 900,000
1944 - 480,000
1945 - 1,030,000
1946 - 1,060,000
1947 - 2,800,020
1948 - 1,000,000
1950 - 600,000
1951 - 1,200,000
1952 - 600,000
1953 - 207,000
1955 - 200,000
1956- 800,000
1957 - 800,000
1958 - 1,000,000
1959 - 600,000
1960 - 600,000
1961 - 400,000
1962 - 1,000,000
1963 - 600,000
1964 - 1,400,000
1965 - 3,500,000

Sixpence

1933 - 3,000,020
1934 - 3,600,020
1935 - 560,364
1936 - 1,580,000
1937 - 1,280,000
1939 - 700,000
1940 - 800,000
1941 - 440,000
1942 - 360,000
1943 - 1,800,000
1944 - 1,160,000
1945 - 940,000
1946 - 2,120,000
1947 - 3,200,020
1948 - 2,000,000
1950 - 800,000
1951 - 1,800,000
1952 - 3,200,000
1953 - 1,207,000
1954 - 1,200,000
1955 - 1,600,000
1956 - 2,000,000
1957 - 2,400,000
1958 - 3,000,000
1959 - 2,000,000
1960 - 1,600,000
1961 - 800,000
1962 - 1,200,000
1963 - 800,000
1964 - 3,800,000
​1965 - 8,625,010

Threepence

1933 - 6,000,020
1934 - 6,000,020
1935 - 40,364
1936 - 2,760,000
1937 - 2,880,200
1939 - 3,000,000
1940 - 2,000,000
1941 - 1,760,000
1942 - 3,120,000
1943 - 4,400,000
1944 - 2,840,000
1945 - 2,520,000
1946 - 6,080,000
1947 - 6,400,020
1948 - 4,000,000
1950 - 800,000
1951 - 3,600,000
1952 - 8,000,000
1953 - 4,007,000
1954 - 4,000,000
1955 - 4,000,000
1956 - 4,800,000
1957 - 8,000,000
1958 - 4,800,000
1959 - 4,000,000
1960 - 4,000,000
1961 - 4,800,000
1962 - 6,000,000
1963 - 4,000,000
1964 - 6,400,000
1965 - 4,225,010

Penny

1940 - 5,424,005
1941 - 1,200,000
1942 - 3,120,000
1943 - 8,400,000
1944 - 3,696,000
1945 - 4,764,000
1946 - 6,720,000
1947 - 5,880,000
1949 - 2,016,000
1950 - 5,784,000
1951 - 6,888,000
1952 - 10,800,000
1953 - 2,407,000
1954 - 1,080,000
1955 - 3,720,000
1956 - 3,600,000
1957 - 2,400,000
1958 - 10,800,000
1959 - 8,400,000
1960 - 7,200,000
1961 - 7,200,000
1962 - 6,000,000
1963 - 2,400,000
1964 - 18,000,000
1965 - 225,010

Halfpenny

1940 - 3,432,005
1941 - 960,000
1942 - 1,920,000
1944 - 2,035,200
1945 - 1,516,800
1946 - 3,120,000
1947 - 2,726,400
1949 - 1,766,400
1950 - 1,425,600
1951 - 2,342,400
1952 - 2,400,000
1953 - 727,000
1954 - 240,000
1955 - 240,000
1956 - 1,200,000
1957 - 1,440,000
1958 - 1,920,000
1959 - 1,920,000
1960 - 2,400,000
1961 - 2,880,000
1962 - 2,880,000
1963 - 1,680,000
1964 - 2,880,000
1965 - 5,225,010

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