Banknotes from New Zealand

New Zealand is a group of islands in the South Pacific with a population of 4.5 million. It consists of three main Islands and several smaller islands. The main islands are named North Island, South Island and Stewart Island in English, or in the native Maori language Te Ika-a-Maui, Te Waipounamu, and Rakiura respectively. The islands were first settled by the indigenous Maori people around the 13th century AD and wasn't discovered by Europeans until Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted the country in 1642. He named the country Nieuw Zeeland after his home province in Holland. The islands were then re-discovered in 1769 by English explorer James Cook, who extensively mapped the country and English settlement of New Zealand began shortly after. The country was officially formed in 1840 with the signing of the treaty of Waitangi, an agreement between the indigenous Maori people and the English settlers. In the early days New Zealand used English pound sterling coins as currency, and for a short period during the gold rush of the late 1800s, Traders tokens were tolerated by the government as currency due to a shortage of low value official currency. New Zealand began minting their own coins in 1933 and then in 1967 switched from pounds and pennies to the current system of dollars and cents.
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Pound (1840-1967)

12 Pence = 1 Shilling • 20 Shillings = 1 Pound

1 Pound - Victoria (Union Bank of Australia)
1866

Standard banknote

P# S351, N# 326354
5 Pounds (Bank of Otago Limited)
1866-1868

Standard banknote

P# S242, N# 326256
10 Pounds (Bank of Otago Limited)
1868

Standard banknote

P# S243, N# 326257
5 Pounds (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1870-1889)

Standard banknote

P# S263, N# 237246
1 Pound (Bank of New South Wales)
ND (1870-1890)

Standard banknote

P# S146, N# 237233
1 Pound (Bank of New Zealand)
1870-1890

Standard banknote
223 × 121 mm
P# S191, N# 237191
5 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
ND (1870-1890)

Standard banknote

P# S147, N# 237202
10 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
ND (1870-1890)

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P# S148, N# 300402
20 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
ND (1870-1890)

Standard banknote
198 × 113 mm
P# S149, N# 300403
1 Pound (Bank of Australasia)
1874

Standard banknote

P# S115A, N# 307121
1 Pound (Colonial Bank of New Zealand; Brown)
1874

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P# S251, N# 326259
1 Pound (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
ND (1877-1894)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S296, N# 314404
5 Pounds (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
ND (1877-1894)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S297, N# 326273
10 Pounds (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
ND (1877-1894)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S298, N# 326274
50 Pounds (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
ND (1877-1894)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S300, N# 307751
20 Pounds (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
1912 (1877-1912)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S299, N# 307750
20 Pounds (Bank of Australasia)
ND (1877-1923)

Standard banknote

P# S120, N# 322936
1 Pound (Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1880-1889)

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P# S201, N# 237241
20 Pounds (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1880-1899)

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P# S269A, N# 237252
1 Pound (Bank of New Zealand)
1888-1898

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201 × 121 mm
P# S202, N# 237193
50 Pounds (Bank of Australasia)
1888-1921

Standard banknote

P# S121, N# 322937
1 Pound (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
1889-1895

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P# S267, N# 237249
5 Pounds (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1889-1895)

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P# S268, N# 237250
1 Pound (Bank of New Zealand)
1889-1903

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P# S206, N# 237243
5 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
1890-1921

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202 × 130 mm
P# S155, N# 300314
20 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
1915-1918 (1890-1934)

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179 × 89 mm
P# S157, P# S165, N# 237237
1 Pound (Bank of New South Wales)
1891-1921

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P# S154, N# 237235
1 Pauna (Bank of Aotearoa)
ND (1894)

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P# S101, N# 272862
10 Pounds (Bank of New Zealand)
1902 (1895-1908)

Standard banknote
226 × 118 mm
P# S193, N# 237186
10 Shillings (Bank of Australasia)
1895-1923

Standard banknote

P# S116, N# 236818

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