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The 1997 NZ $ 2 coin was recalled quickly and destroyed due to an error that resulted in vending machines and parking meters rejecting them. This was due to the metal composition of the coin being slightly different to previous years, meaning that the conductivity of the 1997 coin was irregular. As
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in diameter. Its thickness is 2.7 mm, only 0.4 mm thinner than the one-dollar coin, thus it is the second-thickest coin in the country's circulation. Both the $ 1 and $ 2 coins are gold-coloured, and requests for a
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569:"Picture of NZ $ 2 Coin (1990-1998)"
508:"New Zealand Coinage Specifications"
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663:Edmunds, Susan (9 September 2022).
537:"Explaining New Zealand's Currency"
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61:2.70 mm
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863:Pre-decimal
754:Niue dollar
553:20 December
471:127,150,000
444:12,200,000
340:10,000,000
332:30,000,000
252:NEW ZEALAND
209:millimetres
174:Design date
131:Design date
74:Composition
25:New Zealand
19:Two dollars
1008:Categories
957:Banknotes
921:Coronation
904:Centennial
900:Half-crown
880:Threepence
494:References
460:8,000,000
452:5,900,000
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372:3,000,000
364:5,050,000
356:6,000,000
348:1,000,000
870:Halfpenny
819:Banknotes
765:Historic
324:Mintings
236:inflation
197:aluminium
58:Thickness
912:Waitangi
890:Shilling
885:Sixpence
734:Currency
117:Designer
69:Security
50:Diameter
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909:Crown (
223:History
149:Reverse
98:Obverse
937:Coins
895:Florin
518:15 May
482:Future
307:": -->
280:kotuku
163:kōtuku
154:Design
140:1999 (
134:1986 (
103:Design
875:Penny
847:$ 100
781:Coins
669:Stuff
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466:Total
275:Maori
205:grams
201:brass
34:2.00
31:Value
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837:$ 20
832:$ 10
676:2022
650:2024
607:2024
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555:2012
520:2014
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361:1999
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345:1997
337:1991
329:1990
321:Year
309:edit
293:kiwi
214:Koha
199:and
183:The
177:1990
66:Edge
42:Mass
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