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2 Dollar Pattern
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain field featuring the Royal Mint's official logo struck at centre, depicting a stylised representation of the Tower of London within a rounded rectangular frame with two flanking turrets, serving as the mint identification mark. To the right of the logo, a partial mark or notation is faintly visible in the field. No surrounding legend or additional design elements are present, consistent with a working trial or pattern piece submitted for evaluation. |
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New Zealand's 1985 coinage patterns were produced as the Reserve Bank evaluated a full metric decimalization of the circulating series, testing aluminium-brass as a lower-cost alternative to the existing cupro-nickel alloy. The $2 denomination had particular urgency — a high-value circulating coin was considered preferable to the paper note it would eventually replace.
The $2 coin did not enter circulation until 1990, and these 1985 pattern strikes predate that decision by five years of internal review.