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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend 'NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II' arcs around the upper field, with the issuer's initials 'IRB' and the date '2009' positioned in the lower field beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II IRB 2009 |
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New Zealand's dollar coins were struck in aluminum bronze until 2006, when the Reserve Bank completed a currency restructuring that also reduced the size of the 10, 20, and 50 cent pieces. The dollar and two-dollar coins, however, retained their dimensions while switching to copper-nickel — a quieter change that most users never registered.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, adopted by New Zealand on this issue, had already been in use on British coinage since 1998.