Obverse
Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, legend around, date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NEW ZEALAND ELIZABETH II
IRB
2006
Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse
Maori carving depicting Pukaki, a chief of the Ngāti Whakaue iwi (tribe) of Te Arawa.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 20
Designer: Robert Maurice Conly
Edge
Plain with seven indentations ('Spanish flower')
20 Cents - Elizabeth II (4th portrait; Pukaki, magnetic) - obverse
Mints
Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date)
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)
Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Houten, Netherlands (2020-date)
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-2020)
Comments
This coin was first issued into circulation in 2006. It was replacing the old larger heavier copper-nickel version of the 20 cent coin first issued in 1967. The Reserve Bank of NZ & the NZ Post Office issued a Limited Edition special set of coins called "Small Change Smaller Change" to celebrate the redesign of this coin and the 10 & 50 cent coins and the removal of the 5 cent coin.
DATE MINTAGE
2006 116 600 000
