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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait, Weightlifter
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael Maklouf |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a male weightlifter in a dynamic clean-and-jerk pose, straining beneath a heavily loaded barbell with large disc weights on either side, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The legend XIVth Commonwealth Games, Auckland curves around the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 Dollar is inscribed at the base. The design commemorates the XIV Commonwealth Games hosted in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland — New Zealand's first time hosting the event — this dollar was released a year ahead of the Games as part of a broader commemorative program. The Auckland Games were notable for a near-complete turnout of Commonwealth nations, a contrast to the boycott-plagued 1986 Edinburgh Games where roughly a third of eligible nations stayed away over the New Zealand rugby team's tour of apartheid South Africa.