*JACOBS* MINT ERROR COINS
*JACOBS* NZ MINT ERROR COINS
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
NEW ZEALAND New Zealand 1974 |
| Design Description: |
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (Second portrait) Reverse: The tuatara (Native to New Zealand) |
| Item Description: |
CuproNickel 5C 1974 Newzealand KM#34.1 OBVERSE HALF OF SPLIT PLANCHET (1.4g) |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MINT ERROR MS 61 |
| Owner: |
Gerard Jacobs |
Owner Comments:
The New Zealand five-cent coin was the lowest denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar from 1990 to 2006. The five-cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand sixpence coin, which - having exactly the same dimensions - remained legal tender and in parallel use.
The reverse design of the coin depicts the last surviving member of an otherwise extinct family of reptiles, the tuatara (a lizard-like reptile), native only to New Zealand, shown sitting on a coastal rock. Above in the background, a gull flying.
Coins issued in 1974 circulated for 32 years before they were demonetised on 1 November 2006.