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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 2016-2021 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Reverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA KOKAKO 50 50 |
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| Protection description | Vertical transparent window at right incorporating a colour-shifting motif with kokako bird, silver fern, and map of New Zealand, visible from both sides; colour-shifting numeral '50' on obverse; see-through register elements aligned across obverse and reverse; fine microprinting incorporated into the guilloche underprint. |
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| Comments |
New Zealand's polymer series, introduced from 1999 onward, was produced by Note Printing Australia — a deliberate trans-Tasman arrangement that has remained largely unchanged through multiple design generations. The 2016 update to this series brought enhanced security elements rather than a wholesale redesign, retaining the vertical striped window and updated colour-shifting ink to counter improving counterfeiting technology.
The $50 denomination is statistically one of the higher-value notes most frequently encountered in everyday cash transactions in New Zealand, which means genuine wear on circulated examples is common and expected.