Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 37 years of age, wearing tiara, facing right.
Obverse script
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Obverse lettering
ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND
1985
Reverse description
A voyageur and an aboriginal paddling a birch-bark canoe by an islet on which there are two wind-swept trees. The vertical lines in the background represent the Northern Lights. Surrounded with the date, the face value and the inscription `CANADA`