New Zealand 1977 dollar

from the Mountain Groan Collection

In 1967, New Zealand abandoned the sterling coinage she had used since the days of Captain Cook and adopted the decimal dollar and cent. Since 1977, the dollar coin has been used solely for commemoratives. This one honors Waitangi Day and the queen's silver jubilee. Coinage, formerly obtained exclusively from the London mint, is divided among that mint and the Canberra mint and Ottawa mint.

Recorded mintage: 90,000 plus 27,000 silver proofs.

Specification: 28.28 g, copper-nickel, 38 mm diameter, designed by Arnold Machin and James Berry.

Catalog reference: KM 46.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1976 dollar
• 1981 10 cents
• 1983 dollar, the 50th anniversary of New Zealand coinage
• Coins and currency dated 1977
• return to coins of New Zealand