New Zealand 5 Dollars

Description

The New Zealand dollar is the official currency of New Zealand (the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands). The official currency symbol: $, NZ$.

The New Zealand dollar was established in 1967 to replace the New Zealand pound. The first banknotes were introduced in denominations of $ 1, $ 2, $ 5, $ 10, $ 20, and $ 100. Then, in 1981, the Reserve Bank introduced a new series of banknotes with improved security measures, introduced the $ 50 bill, and the $ 1 and $ 2 were replaced by coins. Between 1992 and 1999, a wholly redesigned banknote series was introduced. However, the new series was replaced by a series of polymer banknotes in the following years. In 2015, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand introduced a new series of banknotes.

The 5 New Zealand dollar note front design features the portrait of Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 – 2008), was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist who is known for becoming one of the first climbers to reach the top of Mount Everest (in conjunction with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay) in 1953, on a background with the Aoraki / Mount Cook, that is the highest mountain in New Zealand. The design is completed with a holographic seal of a Yellow-eyed penguin.

The reverse of the note illustrates the Yellow-eyed penguin or Hoiho, followed by a ross lily, a Campbell Island daisy, on a background with a view of the Campbell Island. This note is part of the 2015 series, and its color is orange, brown, and multicolor.

Text: RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND TE PUTEA MATUA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR FIVE DOLLARS, NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA.