5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Victoria Double Sovereign

The "Victoria Double Sovereign" designation places this issue in a long tradition of New Zealand commemoratives that borrow British imperial weight standards — the double sovereign format, at twice the gold content of a standard sovereign, was never a circulating denomination in New Zealand but carries immediate recognition among Commonwealth collectors. This 2019 release marked 150 years since the proclamation of the Colony of New Zealand's first gold coinage legislation, though the actual coins of Victoria's reign struck for New Zealand were produced at the Sydney and Melbourne branches of the Royal Mint, not on New Zealand soil.