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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 2nd Portrait, Waitangi Day
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a detailed view of the Treaty House at Waitangi, a historic colonial building shown in three-quarter perspective, flanked on the left by a large native tree and on the right by an intricately carved Maori pou whenua (post) bearing traditional kowhaiwhai and koru motifs. The legend 'WAITANGI DAY' arcs along the upper periphery, with the date '6 February' rendered in a flowing script style beneath it. The inscription 'TREATY HOUSE / WAITANGI' appears in the lower right field, accompanied by the engraver's initials 'JB'. The denomination 'ONE DOLLAR' is boldly incused along the lower border. |
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New Zealand's Waitangi Day commemoratives of the 1970s emerged from a period of genuine national unease about the meaning of the 1840 Treaty itself. By 1977, Māori land rights activism had intensified sharply — the following year would see the Māori Land March deliver a 60,000-signature petition to Parliament. Issuing a celebratory crown-sized dollar against that backdrop was, for many, a complicated gesture.
KM#46 was struck at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, which had taken over New Zealand's coin production after the closure of the Royal Mint's London facility in 1975.