Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Māui and the First Dog I: Māui / Gold
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley is depicted in right-facing profile, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the right field, while 'NEW ZEALAND' arcs along the left. The purity and weight designations '.9999 Au .5oz' appear in the upper field, the engraver's initials 'IRB' are incuse below the portrait, and the date '2020' is inscribed at the bottom of the coin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Part of New Zealand's long-running Māui and the Fish mythological series, this issue draws on oral traditions of Māui taming the first dog — a story that varies considerably across Polynesian cultural groups, with some iwi treating the narrative as a record of early domestication and others as straightforward cosmological myth. The Reserve Bank has used the series since the 2010s as a vehicle for gold bullion coinage with cultural framing, targeting collector markets rather than circulation.
At half a troy ounce in .9999 fine gold, the specification aligns with standard fractional bullion formats popular in the Asia-Pacific collector market during this period.