Coin: Ten Cents 2006
| Description | The New Zealand ten cent coin has been the lowest denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar since 2006, when the earlier large 10 cent coins were demonetised together with the one shilling coins they had replaced at decimalisation in 1967 (which had remained legal tender and in circulation). |
| Country | New Zealand |
Currency | New Zealand Dollar |
| Face value | 10 (x Cent) |
Type | Ten Cents (small) |
| Year | 2006 |
Current | Yes |
| Mintage | 140,200,000 (140.2 million) |
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| Material | Copper-plated steel |
Designer | Reginald George James Berry |
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley (Fourth Portrait) |
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
| Size (mm) | 20.5000 |
Thickness (mm) | 1.5800 |
| Mass (g) | 3.3100 |
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| Obverse | Crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (effigy known as the "Fourth portrait"). In tiny letters below head the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley). Around, the legend and date: NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II 2006. |
| Obverse inscription |
NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II 2006
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| Reverse | At centre within Māori rafter patterns, a Māori carved head (known as a koruru); above, the denomination 10 [cents]. Below the mask in tiny letters, the designer's initials JB (for [Reginald George] James Berry). |
| Reverse inscription | 10 |
| Edge | Plain |
Edge inscription | None |
