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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait, Commonwealth Games, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in the second crowned portrait by Arnold Machin. The sovereign's bust is draped, with the legend ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND arcing around the upper periphery and the date 1974 positioned below the portrait in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand hosted the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in January 1974 — the first time the Games had been held in the country. The silver proof version of this dollar was struck specifically for collectors alongside a cupro-nickel circulation issue, a practice the Reserve Bank had only recently adopted as a revenue-generating strategy for commemorative releases.
Raphael Maklouf had not yet replaced Arnold Machin's second portrait of Elizabeth II, making this issue part of a transitional decade for Commonwealth coinage identity.