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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Black Stilt
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1985 - BU in Plastic Case - 40,000 1985 - BU in Year Set - 20,000 |
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The Black Stilt — kaki in Māori — was chosen for this dollar at a moment when its wild population had collapsed to somewhere around 23 birds, making it arguably the rarest wading bird on earth. New Zealand's Wildlife Service had only recently begun a captive breeding programme at Twizel, and the coin's release coincided with a period of genuine alarm among ornithologists about whether the species could be pulled back at all.
This was the second year of the large-format dollar series that replaced the one-dollar note, phased out in 1978.