New Zealand two-dollar note
The New Zealand two-dollar note was a banknote of the New Zealand dollar in circulation from 1967 until 1991. The note introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the £1 note. In 1981, the fourth series of banknotes were released with minor drawing changes and a portrait update of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
Also recorded as New Zealand 2 dollar note · NZ two dollar note · NZ 2 dollar note
New Zealand two-dollar note
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The New Zealand two-dollar note was a banknote of the New Zealand dollar in circulation from 1967 until 1991. The note introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the £1 note. In 1981, the fourth series of banknotes were released with minor drawing changes and a portrait update of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
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The note was withdrawn from circulation along with the one-dollar note in 1991, replaced by the one- and two-dollar coins released the previous year. The two-dollar note featured Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and New Zealand native species on the reverse: the rifleman bird (Acanthisitta chloris, (titipounamu), and flowers of red mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala, Māori: mi).
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• Country — New Zealand • Denomination — Two dollars • Value — 2 • Unit — New Zealand dollars • Paper Type — Cotton-based paper • Years Of Printing — 1967–1991 • Obverse Design — Queen Elizabeth II • Obverse Design Date — 1967, updated portrait 1981 • Reverse Design — Rifleman and mistletoe flowers • Reverse Design Date — 1967
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1967
New Zealand two-dollar note first recorded.
1991
New Zealand two-dollar note recorded as ended.
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New Zealand two-dollar note is situated in New Zealand.
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