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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, Pippin
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II IRB 2003 |
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The Pippin 50-cent piece was part of New Zealand's 2003 Lord of the Rings circulation series, issued in coordination with the theatrical release of The Return of the King. New Zealand Post and the Reserve Bank collaborated on a broader program that saw genuine legal-tender coins enter circulation featuring characters from Peter Jackson's trilogy — an unusual arrangement that blurred the line between commemorative issue and everyday coinage.
KM#239 shares its physical specifications with the standard Elizabeth II 50-cent piece it displaced on the production schedule, struck at the Royal Canadian Mint under contract.