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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1986-1998 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael Maklouf (obverse effigy) |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the full-rigged barque HMS Endeavour under sail, proceeding to the right with all canvas set, as she appeared during Captain James Cook's first Pacific voyage of 1769-1771. The vessel is shown passing before the distinctive volcanic cone of Mount Taranaki (also known as Mount Egmont) on the New Zealand horizon. The denomination 50 appears at the upper left of the field, while the legend ENDEAVOUR is inscribed along the lower portion of the design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand's 50-cent piece survived the 1990 decimalization review that killed off the 1-cent and 2-cent coins, but its days were already numbered. The cupro-nickel 50-cent was eventually discontinued in 2006 when the entire coinage was downsized — the replacement 50-cent struck in that reform is noticeably smaller and lighter. Pieces from the late 1980s and early 1990s circulated heavily alongside the transition period coinage, and well-worn examples from this run are far more common than uncirculated survivors.