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5 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1967-1985 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#34.1, KM#34.2 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND 1972 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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New Zealand decimalized on 10 July 1967, replacing the pound system at a rate of two dollars to the pound. The five-cent piece inherited the exact value of the old threepence, and the Machin portrait used here — Arnold Machin's second effigy of Elizabeth II — was adopted across nearly all Commonwealth decimal coinages of the period, making it one of the most widely reproduced portraits in minting history.
The KM#34.1 and KM#34.2 distinction reflects a modification to the obverse legend truncation, not a major redesign.