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

5 Pounds (Colonial Bank of Issue)
1853

Standard banknote
177 × 112 mm
P# S247, N# 300310
5 Pounds (Oriental Bank Corporation)
ND (1857-1861)

Standard banknote
210 × 130 mm
P# S334, N# 326284
5 Pounds - Victoria (Bank of New South Wales)
1861

Standard banknote

P# S142, N# 326197
5 Pounds (Bank of New Zealand)
1862

Standard banknote

P# S177, N# 326212
5 Pounds (Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1862)

Standard banknote

P# S182, N# 314385
5 Pounds (Bank of Australasia)
1864-1870

Standard banknote

P# S112, N# 300953
5 Pounds (Commercial Bank of New Zealand Ltd.)
1865

Standard banknote

P# S289, N# 326270
5 Pounds (Bank of Otago Limited)
1866-1868

Standard banknote

P# S242, N# 326256
5 Pounds (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1870-1889)

Standard banknote

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

Standard banknote

P# S147, N# 237202
5 Pounds (National Bank of New Zealand Limited)
ND (1877-1894)

Standard banknote
190 × 115 mm
P# S297, N# 326273
5 Pounds (Colonial Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1889-1895)

Standard banknote

P# S268, N# 237250
5 Pounds (Bank of New South Wales)
1890-1921

Standard banknote
202 × 130 mm
P# S155, N# 300314
5 Pounds (Bank of Australasia)
1899

Standard banknote

N# 237199
5 Pounds (Bank of New Zealand)
ND (1903-1915)

Standard banknote
213 × 116 mm
P# S192, N# 237185
5 Pounds - Victoria (Union Bank of Australia Limited)
1905

Standard banknote
190 × 120 mm
P# S363, N# 237257
5 Pounds (Bank of Australasia)
1907-1921

Standard banknote

P# S118, N# 301331

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