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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1981-1989 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a Takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri), a rare flightless bird of New Zealand, rendered in intaglio in red against a multicolour guilloche background. To the upper left, a spray of mountain daisy (Celmisia) flowers in green and white provides botanical detail. The numeral '100' appears in guilloche panels at upper right and lower left, with the issuer name inscribed along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND 100 |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed New Zealand's higher-denomination paper series through much of the 1980s from their New Malden facility — a long-standing arrangement that predated decimalization. The P#175 sits at the top of that series and circulated during a period of significant monetary stress in New Zealand: inflation ran above 10% for most of the early 1980s, and the 1984 snap election triggered a currency crisis severe enough that the incoming Labour government was forced to devalue the dollar by 20% within days of taking office.
Two signatures appear across the print run — Hardie and Russell reflecting successive Governor appointments. Notes signed by each are equally available, though the Hardie signature corresponds to the earlier issues.