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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait; Octopus
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as rendered by Ian Rank-Broadley, facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend arcs around the upper field, flanked by decorative Maori koru scroll motifs in the border. The date 2019 appears in the lower field, with the fineness and weight inscriptions accompanying the royal portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand's 2019 octopus dollar belongs to a longer-running series of native wildlife issues produced by the Reserve Bank in collaboration with the New Zealand Post, which has managed the country's collector coin program since the 1980s. The species featured — almost certainly the New Zealand common octopus, Pinnoctopus cordiformis — occupies coastal waters throughout the archipelago and has no particular monetary or political history attached to it.
Struck to one troy ounce at .999 fineness, these are straightforward bullion-adjacent collector pieces with limited secondary market depth. KM#410 confirms the type but mintage figures for the run were not widely publicized.