Fifty Cents (Bimetallic), Coin Type from New Zealand - detailed information

Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a pearl necklace, facing right (effigy known as the "Third portrait"); incuse in tiny letters on neck truncation, the designer's initials RDM (for Raphael David Maklouf).

Around, the monarch's legend end date: ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND 1994. The legend and date are in the outer ring of the coin.

The reverse features the traditional 50 cent coin design but only within the inner circle of the bi-metalic coin: the barque Endeavour sailing south. HMS Endeavour was the ship on which Captain Cook became the first Briton to reach New Zealand in October 1769. Mount Taranaki (Egmont) is seen in the distance

The denomination FIFTY CENTS is around above, in the outer ring of the coin; in the outer ring below, ENDEAVOUR.

The artist's initials JB (for [Reginald George] James Berry) are in tiny letters on the coastline to the right of ship.