1935 New Zealand Waitangi Crown Proof

New Zealand. George V. 1935 Crown. Proof ( Lee Die I ) Strike. KM#5

The Waitangi Crown is widely recognized as New Zealand's Most Iconic Coin, depicting the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6th 1840. It features Ngāpuhi Māori chief Tāmati Wāka Nene and British Governor William Hobson clasping hands beneath a crown—along with the words "NEW ZEALAND CROWN 1935 WAITANGI". On the obverse, a portrait of King George V, inscribed with "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". 

Four hundred sixty-eight proof specimens are officially recorded to be struck, with the silver used by the Royal Mint to produce these coins from Waihi, New Zealand.