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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, March of the Oliphants
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The sovereign's name ELIZABETH II appears in the legend, flanked by the issuer name NEW ZEALAND, with the designer's initials IRB below the portrait truncation and the date 2003 at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II IRB 2003 |
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The "March of the Oliphants" dollar was struck to coincide with the release of The Return of the King, the third installment of Peter Jackson's New Zealand-filmed Lord of the Rings trilogy. New Zealand Post and the Reserve Bank issued a series of collector coins throughout the trilogy's production run, capitalizing on the country's role as Middle-earth. The oliphant sequence — filmed largely in the Twizel area of the South Island's Mackenzie Basin — became one of the most technically ambitious scenes in the production.
Struck in .925 silver to the same specifications as the standard Commonwealth proof dollar, this is a limited collector issue with no circulation release.