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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Gold Rushes, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 NZD) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley fourth portrait, with the monarch wearing a diamond diadem and drop earrings. The legend 'NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II' arcs around the upper periphery, with the designer's initials 'IRB' truncating the portrait and the date '2006' appearing below. The portrait is set within a beaded inner border framing the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II IRB 2006 |
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New Zealand's gold rushes were never on the scale of California or Victoria, but they reshaped the country's South Island economy with surprising speed. The Gabriel's Gully strike of 1861 in Otago drew an estimated 11,000 men within weeks, briefly making Dunedin the largest and wealthiest city in Australasia — a position it has never come close to holding since.