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1 Dollar - Charles III Fuller Portrait - Cave Taniwha, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III NEW ZEALAND SJF .999 Ag 1oz 2024 |
| Reverse description | A richly coloured depiction of a Taniwha, the supernatural creature of Māori mythology, rendered in an intricate koru-based style blending traditional Māori curvilinear motifs with dynamic flame imagery. The creature is shown frontally, its body composed of interlocking spirals and scrollwork in deep amber, gold, and red hues set against a dark field, with stylised flames rising around it. An ornate decorative border of engraved scrollwork frames the coloured central design. The legend TANIWHA · ONE DOLLAR is inscribed along the upper rim in incuse capital letters. |
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New Zealand's "fuller portrait" of Charles III — developed by sculptor Martin Jennings and adopted by several Commonwealth realms from 2023 onward — corrects the longstanding convention of alternating the monarch's facing direction with each reign. Charles faces left, as Elizabeth II did, breaking the heads-or-tails rotation that had held since the 1800s. The cave taniwha is a figure from Māori oral tradition associated with specific waterways and subterranean spaces, though individual iwi hold distinct accounts that resist any single canonical version.