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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Blue mountain
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY DOLLARS GOVERNOR |
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| Reverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND TWENTY DOLLARS |
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New Zealand's $20 note was redesigned in the early 1990s as part of a broader effort to improve security across the series — the previous issues had become increasingly vulnerable to high-quality photocopying. Donald Brash, whose signature this note carries, was appointed Governor in 1988 and oversaw the transition to this revised format before the fully polymer Maori-series notes replaced the cotton paper issues entirely by 1999.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement was long-standing with New Zealand's currency by this point, though the changeover to polymer — produced by Note Printing Australia — effectively ended that relationship for circulating notes.