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Prior to the introduction of the New Zealand dollar in 1967, the New Zealand pound was the currency of New Zealand, which had been distinct from the pound sterling since 1933. [5] The pound used the £sd system, in which the pound was divided into 20 shillings and one shilling was divided into 12 pence, a system which by the 1950s was ...
Decimalisation of the New Zealand currency occurred on 10 July 1967, when the New Zealand pound was replaced by the New Zealand dollar. On the same day, new decimal banknotes were introduced to replace the existing pound banknotes, in denominations of $1 , $2 , $5 , $10 , $20 , and $100 .
The coins of the New Zealand dollar are used for the smallest physical currency available in New Zealand. The current denominations are ten cents, twenty cents, fifty cents, one dollar and two dollars. The $1 and $2 coins are minted in a gold colour, the 20c and 50c coins are silver colour and the 10c coin is plated in copper. Larger denominations of the New Zealand dollar are minted as ...
The pound (symbol £, £NZ. [1] for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1933 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.Prior to this, New Zealand used the pound sterling since the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
Niue, a country in free association with New Zealand, uses only one official legal tender currency, which is the New Zealand dollar. [1]Before the creation of the New Zealand dollar in 1967, Niue was a user of the New Zealand pound [1] and its very early commemorative coins of Niue were in pound or shilling increments.
The New Zealand twenty-dollar note is a New Zealand banknote. It is issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and since 1999 has been a polymer banknote. It was first issued on 10 July 1967 when New Zealand decimalised its currency, changing from the New Zealand pound to the New Zealand dollar. It has an image of Queen Elizabeth II on the front ...
The New Zealand five-dollar note is a New Zealand banknote.It is issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and since 1999 has been a polymer banknote.It was first issued on 10 July 1967 when New Zealand decimalised its currency, changing from the New Zealand pound to the New Zealand dollar.
The New Zealand ten-dollar note is a New Zealand banknote.It is issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and since 1999 has been a polymer banknote.It was first issued on 10 July 1967 when New Zealand decimalised its currency, changing from the New Zealand pound to the New Zealand dollar.