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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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| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | 50c |
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| Mintage | 2003 - BU in 18 Coin Character Set - 5,886 2003 - BU in 6 Coin Light Versus Dark Set - 36,371 2003 - BU in 9 Coin Fellowship Set - 5,607 |
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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.