New Zealand circulating coins

5 rubles · June 29, 2015, 07:37:04 AM

I have a small number of NZ coins; 1c to $2. I am sorting them out and put the best into a folder. Are there anything to look out for as we have in Aus, different size portraits etc? I don't know anything about them so any info is appreciated.

Enlilninlil · July 03, 2015, 11:43:36 AM

1997 $2 as I believe they were pulled from circulation because of poor minting.

Mister T · July 16, 2015, 07:23:20 PM

There's a couple of varieties of the 1988 50c though I can't remember which one is rarer.
http://www.coinerrors.co.nz/wordpress/ has some pretty good information.

Nevol · July 17, 2015, 07:20:43 AM

I'm not sure if there are different sized portraits but we have a new member who may be able to answer your questions, and hopefully we can all learn something from him.

The portraits on NZ coins changed the same years as they did on the Aussie coins. I guess you already know this but just in case, here are the years for the portrait changes.

1st Portrait 1967 - 1985
2nd Portrait 1986 - 1998
3rd Portrait 1999 - now

NZCoinerrors · July 17, 2015, 05:56:37 PM

Hey Nevol :-) Noticed some links to my site from this forum so thought I had better sign up lol.

NZ coins have a number of die faults/ cuds etc in the later years 1995-2005. the more popular ones still seem to be the ones in the price guides over here but others are becoming more popular as they are hard to find

2 Cent
1967 Bahamas mule
5 Cent
1967 No Sea
1967 No Tail
1968 No Sea (coins were only released in sets)
50 cent
1967 Dot over 1 50 cent
1988 Missing rope Die change on ships rigging and designers initials are different to previous circulating years. I found last year these 2 dies were used in 1984 sets also. Research is still being done on this but it appears the mint reverted to use a prototype die (that is still in use today)

As for $1 coins they are full of die faults I recently finished an update of the 2013 $1 coins here http://wp.me/P4A88C-1T2

If you find anything interesting in your NZ coins I would love to know to list in the future on the site (if I ever catch up on taking photos)

robbiegal · July 18, 2015, 12:43:46 AM

nice
and welcome!

Nevol · July 18, 2015, 07:17:50 AM

:welcome: to TACF! It's great to see a newbie posting too. :wavemulticolor:

NZCoinerrors · July 18, 2015, 08:53:14 PM

Thanks Robbiegal and Nevol.

I will have to look back at past NZ coin discussions to see what else has popped up over the years :-).

Oh and one note on the 1997 $2 coin mentioned above. It is slightly miss reported that they were sorted and removed from circulation. they actually did not release the remainder when they found the issue with them not working in vending machines / parking meters but never actively searched to remove them or asked the banks to. They are still rather common and you can normally find some in a few bags of $2 coins from the bank. I had someone that would buy them from me every few weeks at $3 each but he would never tell me why but I suspect it was to mess with the parking meters lol.

Nevol · July 19, 2015, 07:18:09 AM

Quote from: 'NZCoinerrors' pid='75770' dateline='1437218594'Thanks Robbiegal and Nevol. I will have to look back at past NZ coin discussions to see what else has popped up over the years :-)

You might regret that when you see all my NZ threepenny errors! :winkextra:

NZCoinerrors · July 19, 2015, 07:50:15 AM

Haha so true Nevol I noticed those here as well. I spent ages looking at them on the other forum. I have been meaning to email you sometime about these.

Nevol · July 19, 2015, 07:53:10 AM

Quote from: 'NZCoinerrors' pid='75783' dateline='1437258015'Haha so true Nevol I noticed those here as well. I spent ages looking at them on the other forum. I have been meaning to email you sometime about these.

I have hundreds of the little buggers. But I still love 'em all. :biggrin:

Happy to help you with your research if I can.

Mister T · July 19, 2015, 05:11:02 PM

Quote from: 'NZCoinerrors' pid='75740' dateline='1437121597'Hey Nevol :-) Noticed some links to my site from this forum so thought I had better sign up lol.

Great site by the way - that stuff on distinguishing mint set coins from circulation coins is extremely useful.
Do you have any hints on distinguishing the 2004 and 2005 circulation and mint set coins? I couldn't pick anything obvious from the pictures, except maybe the shape of the zeroes.

NZCoinerrors · July 20, 2015, 07:19:46 PM

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='75804' dateline='1437291662'
Quote from: 'NZCoinerrors' pid='75740' dateline='1437121597'Hey Nevol :-) Noticed some links to my site from this forum so thought I had better sign up lol.

Great site by the way - that stuff on distinguishing mint set coins from circulation coins is extremely useful.
Do you have any hints on distinguishing the 2004 and 2005 circulation and mint set coins? I couldn't pick anything obvious from the pictures, except maybe the shape of the zeroes.

Thanks Mister T . The site talks up alot more time than I expected but it will get there one day. I have about 20-30 5 cent coin faults photographed but just need to edit them before uploading. I keep getting side tracked with roll hunting haha.

2005 is easier than 2004 from what I am told as the designers initials do not match up the same as the set variety. Sadly I do not own sets for these years (or many of the later years) as they got to expensive for something that was often a lot different than a circulating coin. I have been asking dealers for any broken or damaged sets they might have so i can break some coins out to get new photos but so far no luck.

One other thing is that our NZ 2014 coins are starting to be released into circulation and they have had a Dies recut with a bit of an upgrade. I have taken the first photos http://wp.me/P4A88C-27q more will follow when I get a chance

runway · July 20, 2015, 11:20:25 PM

Quote from: 'NZCoinerrors' pid='75740' dateline='1437121597'Hey Nevol :-) Noticed some links to my site from this forum so thought I had better sign up lol.

NZ coins have a number of die faults/ cuds etc in the later years 1995-2005. the more popular ones still seem to be the ones in the price guides over here but others are becoming more popular as they are hard to find

2 Cent
1967 Bahamas mule
5 Cent
1967 No Sea
1967 No Tail
1968 No Sea (coins were only released in sets)
50 cent
1967 Dot over 1 50 cent
1988 Missing rope Die change on ships rigging and designers initials are different to previous circulating years. I found last year these 2 dies were used in 1984 sets also. Research is still being done on this but it appears the mint reverted to use a prototype die (that is still in use today)

As for $1 coins they are full of die faults I recently finished an update of the 2013 $1 coins here http://wp.me/P4A88C-1T2

If you find anything interesting in your NZ coins I would love to know to list in the future on the site (if I ever catch up on taking photos)

I have a 2c Bahamas mule very undervalued these were minted by RAM IN Canberra
Love NZ coins

Nevol · July 21, 2015, 05:52:36 AM

Quote from: 'runway' pid='75869' dateline='1437400225'I have a 2c Bahamas mule very undervalued these were minted by RAM IN Canberra Love NZ coins

Not minted by RAM but by Royal Mint at Tower Hill, London.