1935 New Zealand Proof Waitangi Crown

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$11,250.00 NZD

New Zealand. King George V. 1935 Waitangi Crown of 5-Shillings. 0.500 Silver. Lee Specimen Die variate. KM#6.

The Waitangi Crown is New Zealand's most iconic numismatic item, depicting the pivotal agreement representing the establishment of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6th February 1840.

Featuring on its reverse, a finely detailed depiction of Ngāpuhi Māori chief Tāmati Wāka Nene and New Zealand's first governor William Hobson shaking hands beneath a crown, along with the inscription "NEW ZEALAND CROWN 1935 WAITANGI". On the obverse, the portrait of King George V, surrounded by the inscription "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR".