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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait, New Zealand Day
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A Great Egret (Ardea alba) depicted in full flight, wings extended, moving to the left against a backdrop of a stylised rising sun rendered in radiating lines. The commemorative inscription NEW ZEALAND DAY and date 6 Feb. arc across the upper portion of the field, with the designer's initials JB appearing to the right of the date. The denomination ONE DOLLAR is inscribed along the lower periphery. The composition celebrates the inaugural New Zealand Day public holiday on 6 February 1974. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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New Zealand Day replaced Dominion Day on February 6, 1974 — marking the anniversary of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi — but the name itself lasted less than two years before parliament reversed course and restored Waitangi Day in 1975. This coin was struck specifically to mark that short-lived rebranding, making it a rare instance of a commemorative issue tied to a public holiday that was renamed before the coins had finished circulating.