TG925
Coins, Currency & Other Precious Things
Welcomes you to participate in the sale of a Superb
New Zealand under George VI - King: 11 December 1936 ? 6 February 1952
1943 Silver Florin 28.8mm (11.30 grams) 0.500 Silver (0.1818 oz. ASW)
Reference: KM# 10.1 (1937,40-44*,45-46)
GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, Bare head of George VI left.
NEW?ZEALAND ONE?FLORIN?, Kiwi bird standing left pecking at ground.
Kiwi (or kiwis are flightless birds native to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae. Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites (which also consist of ostriches, emus, rheas, and cassowaries), and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world.
DNA sequence comparisons have yielded the surprising conclusion that kiwi are much more closely related to the extinct Malagasy elephant birds than to the moa with which they shared New Zealand. There are five recognised species, four of which are currently listed as vulnerable, and one of which is near-threatened. All species have been negatively affected by historic deforestation but currently the remaining large areas of their forest habitat are well protected in reserves and national parks. At present, the greatest threat to their survival is predation by invasive mammalian predators.
The unique adaptations of kiwi, such as their large eggs, short and stout legs, or using their nostrils at the end of their long beak to detect prey before they ever see it, have helped the bird to become internationally well-known.
The kiwi is an icon of New Zealand, and the association is so strong that the term Kiwi is used internationally as the colloquial demonym for New Zealanders.
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