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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th portrait - The Endeavour
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name ELIZABETH II appears in the legend, flanked by the issuer NEW ZEALAND and date 2021. The fineness and weight inscriptions .9999 Au .5g are incorporated into the legend, along with the engraver's initials IRB positioned below the truncation. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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New Zealand's commemorative gold miniature program has produced dozens of issues, but the Endeavour holds specific local weight: Cook's 1769 transit-of-Venus voyage brought him into the Pacific under Admiralty orders, with a second sealed instruction to search for the southern continent. That secondary mission resulted in the first European charting of New Zealand's coastline — both islands, over six months. The 2021 issue falls in the broader cluster of Cook bicentenary commemoratives that circulated through New Zealand's numismatic program across 2019–2021, marking the 250th anniversary of that first contact.