New Zealand Decimal Coin Varieties / Errors

My list, amended. (I am still keen to know more if anyone has more info. It would be greatly appreciated! Please and thank you.)

Thanks to all who have helped :)

NOW it is time for bed... haha,, I am addicted :P


1967 2 cent. Bahamas mule.
(No date and Bahama Islands instead of New Zealand to the right of the queens head)

1967 5 cent. No sea.
(No sea to the right of the tuatara)

1967 5 cent. No tail.
(Small triangular area of tail under the tuatara's chin missing)

1967 50 cent. Dot over 1.
(A dot over the 1 in 1967)

1969 $1 Large. Cook Bicentenary.
(3 Inscription variants. COOK - BI with a Hyphen, COOK BI with no Hyphen and COOKBI)

1969 50 cent. Inscribed.
(Inscribed Cook Bicentenary 1769-1969 on edge of coin)

1975 20 cent. Hong Kong planchet
(Struck on scalloped blanks intended for the Hong Kong $2 coin)

1971 10 cent, 20cent, 50 cent, circulated.
(Differ slightly in design from those in sets. Only rare in UNC condition)

1988 1 cent, 2 cent. Collectors.
(The last coins of these denominations were minted for circulation in 1987, with collector coins being made for 1988)

1981 5 cent. Canadian mule.
(New Zealand 1981 5c obverse with a Canadian 10c reverse)

1985 50 cent. Canadian mule.
(New Zealand 1985 50c obverse with a Canadian $1 reverse)

1988 50 cent. Obverse die #1 and #2

1993 $2. Kingfisher.
(The only year NZ changed the design of the $2 coin)

1997 $2. SA.
(Off-centre ridge on rim, lightly struck, weigh less)

1999 5 cent. Wart nose.
(Wart on queen's nose)

2000 $5 coin. Solomon Islands mule.
(Pied Cormorant on the Reverse side, as did the other $5 coins of the year, however the obverse was from Solomon Islands)

You can add this one to your list Mike. Bertrand's catalogue shows an error with the missing diagonal rope on the year 1988 only 50 cents. Here's one clearly missing on the 1986 50 cents.

awesome, such a subtle difference, I like it! Thanks so much, Silvernut, I appreciate it :)

I don't know if you're interested in coins with Die Cracks or not, but there are literally hundreds of NZ threepence's with them all over the place, both obv and rev. I have hundreds myself, but haven't sorted them to make a list yet as there are so many and it will be such a big job.

Sorry just saw this post.....how sure am I of it.....Very!! the type was only discovered this year ( or was it last? edit: it was last year: 5 may 2012) and It was posted on the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand face book page. Wait for an edit I will try and copy the face book page info on it

Full edit: try this link the face book page is by invitation only but maybe this will work( link to photo of the coin). https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...unt=1&ref=nf

Mike Jack/Nevol PM me and I will pass on the contact details of the person who made the discovery( if he agrees)

MIke Jack: I emailed the finder. He said hed like to follow up but is currently away from his office( meaning home) for a few days. He said( the jnl he refers to is the NZ numismatic jnl:

It was an email to me. The person concerned is the editor of the NZ numismatic Jnl...... It shouldn't take much for you to find out who he is( I am conscious of privacy laws) if you have the NZ coin catalog ( premier or is it now called Betrand) you will find his contact details there. YOu could email him directly...I know he is swamped with work at the moment and is trying to get the next Jnl out.