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The New Zealand one-hundred-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 .
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 New Zealand dollar was initially pegged to both the British pound sterling and the United States dollar at NZ$1 = UK£ 1 ⁄ 2 = US$1.40. On 21 November 1967 sterling was devalued from UK£1 = US$2.80 to US$2.40 (see Bretton Woods system ), but the New Zealand dollar was devalued even more from NZ$1 = US$1.40 to US$1.12, to match the value ...
The U.S. dollar is widely held by central banks, foreign companies and private individuals worldwide, in the form of eurodollar foreign deposit accounts (not to be confused with the euro), as well as in the form of US$100 notes, an estimated 75% of which are held overseas. [1] The U.S. dollar is predominantly the standard currency unit in which ...
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...
The New Zealand one-dollar note was introduced on 10 July 1967 as part of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s third issue round. The third issue round was the first round in which the official currency was denominated in dollars and utilised the decimal system. First issue and second issue rounds were valued in pounds and utilised the imperial ...
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 .
The Cook Islands dollar was the former currency of the Cook Islands, which now uses the New Zealand dollar, although some physical cash issued for the Cook Islands dollar remains in use. The dollar was subdivided into 100 cents , with some older 50-cent coins carrying the denomination as "50 tene ".