1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait; Shield of Arms

Features

Issuer	New Zealand
Królowa	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Years	1967-1976
Value	1 Dollar 1 NZD = USD 0.59
Currency	Dollar (1967-date)
Composition	Miedzionikiel
Weight	27.22 g
Diameter	38.61 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 12404
References	KM# 38.1, 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Wprowadzenie waluty dziesiętnej Automatically translated

Obverse

Drugi ukoronowany portret królowej Elżbiety II po prawej stronie, w tiarze Dziewcząt Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii, legenda wokół, data poniżej. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND
1967

Designer: Arnold Machin

Reverse

(en) Crowned shield of New Zealand with two fern leaves encircling from above, denomination below.

Script: łaciński

Lettering: ONE DOLLAR

Designer: William Maving Gardner

Edge

(en) Plain with incuse legend (KM#38.1) or reeded (KM#38.2)

Lettering: DECIMAL CURRENCY INTRODUCED JULY 10 1967

Mints

	Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

(en) This coin was introduced in 1967 to commemorate the introduction of Decimal Currency in New Zealand. It was issued in a number of ways...

As part of the Ordinary Uncirculated Year Set with a pink label (250,000 Copies)

As part of the Special Polished Specimen Year Set with a blue label (50,000 Copies)

Individually as an Ordinary Uncirculated coin in a blue square plastic jewel case (200,000 Copies)

The coin was then also released in the following years 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 & 1976
Those years also saw the coin included in BU Year Sets, Proof Year Sets and BU in square plastic jewel cases.

These are images of the coins as released in square plastic jewel cases.

A coin with the same reverse was also issued in 1979 but it had the George James Berry portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.

Edge varieties exist:
KM#38.1 (1967 only) Plain with incuse legend;
KM#38.2 (1971-76) Reeded with no legend.

Present in sets

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Date	Mintage	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1967	200 000		$ 0.99	$ 4.20	KM# 38.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	13%
1967	50 000			$ 4.10	KM# 38.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Specimen (blue label)	11%
1967	10			$ 6.70	KM# 38.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof	2%
1967	250 000	$ 3.90	$ 3.90	$ 4.30	KM# 38.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) UNC Year Set (pink label)	43%
1971	30 000	$ 2.70	$ 3.60	$ 3.80	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	17%
1971	15 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Year Set	1.4%
1971	5 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Uncased	0.5%
1971	5 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Year Set	1.4%
1972	27 000			$ 3.40	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	12%
1972	15 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Year Set	1.3%
1972	3 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof (RAM Case)	1.1%
1972	8 000			$ 5.50	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Year Set	3%
1973	22 000			$ 4.60	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	10%
1973	15 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Year Set	1.1%
1973	8 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof (RAM Case)	0.5%
1973	8 000			$ 4.60	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Year Set	4%
1975	20 000			$ 4.30	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	13%
1975	15 000				KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Year Set	1.0%
1975	10 000			$ 24	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof (RM Case)	1.1%
1975	10 000			$ 5.80	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Year Set	6%
1976	20 000			$ 3.80	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU in Plastic Case	11%
1976	16 000			$ 4.00	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) BU Year Set	2%
1976	11 000			$ 4.70	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof (RM Case)	5%
1976	11 000			$ 18	KM# 38.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	(en) Proof Year Set	0.8%

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (2nd portrait; Shield of Arms)

Picture 2 of the example of 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (2nd portrait; Shield of Arms)

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Obtained loose, with no case or capsule.

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 131 Lot 2659	26 Jun 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 8.15 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 116 Lot 1563	9 Mar 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 8.15 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 106 Lot 680	27 Dec 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 8.15 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 94 Lot 1829	30 Aug 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 31.42 (EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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