Template:Did you know nominations/Halfpenny (New Zealand coin)

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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 10:57, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Halfpenny (New Zealand coin)

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... that a New Zealand coin's design was incorrectly alleged to represent a "personified phallus"? Source: https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/2011_BNJ_81_8.pdf pg. 12, "Sutherland’s authority came from the first volume of Elsdon Best’s monograph The Maori (1924), which variously likened the hei-tiki to a personified phallus"
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Improved to Good Article status by Generalissima (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 34 past nominations.

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Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 21:43, 27 March 2024 (UTC).

Sourcing checks out, article is well-written and copyright compliant, and I'll be disappointed if whoever promotes this hook places it anywhere other than the quirky slot. Great work. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 22:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)