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James Berry's 1947 sketches of designs for NZ decimals - 20 years too early!
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Ice Torch
Mar 10, 2011, 5:34:09 PM3/10/11
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James Berry won the competition to design the reverses of New
Zealand's first decimal coins, which were released in 1967. However,
20 years earlier, he produced these sketches of what a decimal coinage
for New Zealand might look like. His portrait of King George VI looks
more like Cary Grant(!), but some of the designs prefigure his actual
later coins. Click on the link below to see these intriguing designs:
Zealand's first decimal coins, which were released in 1967. However,
20 years earlier, he produced these sketches of what a decimal coinage
for New Zealand might look like. His portrait of King George VI looks
more like Cary Grant(!), but some of the designs prefigure his actual
later coins. Click on the link below to see these intriguing designs:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,9029.0.html
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Berry also entered the competition to produce the UK's first decimal
set. He didn't win, but click on the link below to see the attractive
designs he put forward:
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,9016.0.html
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