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| Description | The New Zealand five-cent coin was the lowest denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar from 1990 to 2006. The five-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand sixpence coin, which - having exactly the same dimensions - remained legal tender and in parallel use. Coins issued in 1968 were in mint sets only (not intended for circulation); any that were released would have circulated for 38 years before they were demonetised on 1 November 2006. |
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| Country | New Zealand | Currency | New Zealand Dollar | ||||||
| Face value | 5 (x Cent) | Type | Five Cents | ||||||
| Year | 1968 | Current | No (demonetised 2006) | ||||||
| Mintage | 75,000 (75000) | ||||||||
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| Material | CuproNickel | Designer | Reginald George James Berry | ||||||
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Arnold Machin (Second Portrait) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 19.4300 | Thickness (mm) | 1.2400 | ||||||
| Mass (g) | 2.8300 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Second portrait", by Arnold Machin); around, the monarch's legend ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND; below, the date 1968. |
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| Obverse inscription | ELIZABETH II NEW ZEALAND 1968 | ||||||||
| Reverse | The last surviving member of an otherwise extinct family of reptiles, the tuatara (a lizard-like reptile), native only to New Zealand, is shown sitting on a coastal rock. Above in the background, a gull flying. Below, the denomination 5 [cents]. The designer's initials, JB (for [Reginald George] James Berry) are to the left of the lizard's tail. |
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| Reverse inscription | 5 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Prooflike | 40,000 (included in main number) | |
| No sea to right | unknown (included in main number) | (hover mouse for text) |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | New Zealand KM# 34.1 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Reserve Bank of New Zealand | Mint | link | ||
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Mintage | |||
| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Varieties | Prooflike | ||
| John Bertrand, New Zealand Coin and Banknote Catalogue | 2014 | Varieties | No sea to right |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 3.94 | 3.88 | 3.81 | 3.75 | |
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| Mint | Variety | Grade | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| Royal Mint | Prooflike | Gem Uncirculated | 1.99 | 1.97 | 1.95 | 1.93 |
| Royal Mint | Prooflike | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 1.91 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.79 |
| Royal Mint | Gem Uncirculated | 1.99 | 1.97 | 1.95 | 1.93 | |
| Royal Mint | Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) | 1.92 | 1.89 | 1.85 | 1.81 | |
| Royal Mint | Uncirculated (UNC) | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.90 | |
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