Tuesday, September 6, 2011

New Zealand P-185

Country or State: NEW ZEALAND
Currency: New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 Code: NZD)

P-185a
Value: 5 dollars
Dimension: 135 × 66 mm
Features
Obverse:
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, at the of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest; 
Aoraki/Mount Cook; Massey Ferguson TE20 tractor 

Reverse:
Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin); Campbell Island scene

Material: Polymer
Watermark: Queen Elizabeth II
Signature: Donald Thomas Brash (Governor of RBNZ)
Date: 1999 (the first two numbers of the serial number give the last two numbers of the year of issue)
Issued by: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Printer: Note Printing Australia

No comments: