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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Gold Rushes - West Coast
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Reverse description | Five gold miners of the 1860s era depicted standing on a rocky foreground, evoking the West Coast gold rush of New Zealand's South Island. The figures are rendered in varying poses, suggesting a group portrait typical of the period. The curved legend 'NEW ZEALAND GOLD RUSHES . WEST COAST' arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination 'ONE DOLLAR' appears along the lower border. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of a six-coin commemorative series issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand marking the gold rushes that transformed the South Island's West Coast from near-empty bush into a boomtown corridor almost overnight. The Hokitika rush of 1865 drew tens of thousands of prospectors — at its peak, Hokitika briefly ranked among the busiest ports in Australasia by ship arrivals.
KM#293 is the specific West Coast attribution within the series, distinguishing it from the Otago and Thames issues struck in the same programme.