Talk:Sixpence (New Zealand coin)/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Frostly (talk · contribs) 23:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I'll be reviewing this article! Best, Frostly (talk) 23:34, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Howdy, any update on the review? Generalissima (talk) 23:09, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Generalissima, my sincere apologies, this flew off my radar. Will get this done by tomorrow. — Frostly (talk) 23:34, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Not to badger, but checking in again! Generalissima (talk) 23:37, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

, sorry for the late reply! I had initially drafted this review twice, but my computer crashed and it was unsaved both times :(

Great work on the article! I find it very interesting to learn about coins pre-decimalisation :D

Lead

 * coinage is used a lot throughout the article; if there’s any synonyms, it’d be nice to replace some of the usage to avoid repetition. (eg silver coinage introduced in the initial issue of New Zealand coinage)
 * were rejected by committee — clarify what committee it was
 * Fixed both of these. - G

Background

 * and other British silver denominations — maybe remove? The article already mentions British silver coinage at the start of the sentence.
 * Consider linking to the subsection “Forgery of money or government bonds” for Counterfeit
 * The Coinage Act of 1933, consider removing unneeded comma
 * Perhaps clarify that the Royal Mint is the UK’s mint? I’m not sure about whether the name itself is enough for context (it might be).
 * Fixed everything here. - G

Design

 * George Kruger Gray is introduced somewhat confusingly, in parallel with Metcalfe, who was already mentioned at the start of the paragraph. Consider rewording.
 * Metcalfe submitted a design for the sixpence featured two hammers — looks like a small grammar issue here
 * the Advisory Committee — the Advisory Committee is mentioned in the second paragraph without any background; it’d be great to have some more context.
 * Link George Forbes (New Zealand politician) and Gordon Coates
 * appointed a Coinage Design Committee — maybe clarify that this was a new committee established, separate from the Advisory Committee?
 * Fixed everything here. - G

Mintage

 * Besides the proof sets — consider using “other than” here, since “besides” is already used in the previous paragraph. Not a big issue though, either could work.
 * 'prooflike' should probably be changed to use double quotes (“) per MOS). (Single quotes are used inside quotations, to roughly translate phrases, or in plant cultivars).
 * collectors set — should this be collectors’ set (with the apostrophe)?
 * Table headings (eg George V Sixpence Mintage) — consider making it sentence case, like “George V sixpence mintage” (per WP:HEADERS).
 * Fixed everything here. - G

Files

 * File:Coin-6-pence-new-zealand-1965-537613-large.jpg and File:1965 New Zealand Sixpence Reverse.jpg are tagged with CC licenses, but I’m pretty sure that they’re PD.
 * The coins are PD, but the photographs of the coins are CC, which is slightly irritating to finagle. - G

Other

 * Right now the short description repeats information in the title, which is usually unnecessary; I’d recommend making it include the dates that the coin was minted, maybe.
 * Used the short desc. from the Half-crown. - G
 * The New Zealand sixpence redirect is great; I’ve added an rcat.

That’s all from me for now! Frostly (talk) 21:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your review! I think I fixed all the issues. Generalissima (talk) 21:27, 29 February 2024 (UTC)