New Zealand two-dollar note explained

Country:New Zealand
Denomination:Two dollars
Value:2
Unit:New Zealand dollars
Paper Type:Cotton-based paper
Years Of Printing:1967–1991
Obverse:New Zealand 2 dollar note obverse series 4.jpg
Obverse Design:Queen Elizabeth II
Obverse Design Date:1967, updated portrait 1981
Reverse:New Zealand 2 dollar note reverse series 4.jpg
Reverse Design:Rifleman and mistletoe flowers
Reverse Design Date:1967

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. The note was withdrawn from circulation along with the one-dollar note in 1991, replaced by the one- and two-dollar coins released the previous year.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, (Maori: titipounamu), and flowers of red mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala, Māori: Maori: roeroe).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The history of bank notes in New Zealand . . 5 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217145354/http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/currency/money/0094089.html . 17 February 2012 .