Category Archives: New Zealand decimal coin

New Zealand: Celebrating 50 years of decimal currency with new silver double crown

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have launched (9th June) an exquisite new silver double crown coin to mark the country’s 50th anniversary of decimalisation, which officially took place on the 10th July 1967. The newly introduced New Zealand dollar replaced the New Zealand pound, distinct from the pound sterling which had been the legal tender in the country since 1933

Continue reading on Coin Update News