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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Frodo
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered bust of Frodo Baggins, the hobbit protagonist from J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', facing left and occupying the majority of the field. To the right, stylised vine or leaf motifs from the Shire are depicted in outline relief, evoking the film trilogy's visual aesthetic. The denomination '50c' appears in raised numerals within a cartouche at the lower centre of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50c |
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Issued as part of New Zealand's short-lived Lord of the Rings commemorative circulation series, this coin appeared during the global release window of Peter Jackson's film trilogy — a rare instance of a central bank authorizing pop-culture imagery on legal tender coinage intended for general circulation rather than collector sets. The Reserve Bank retired the entire pre-decimal-redesign 50-cent series the following year, making the 2003 run among the last of that physical format before New Zealand's 2004 coinage rationalization eliminated both the 50-cent piece's size and several denominations outright.