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a fluorescent patch will appear showing "100", the denomination of the note. The note has a see-through window in the shape of fern on the left and an oval-shaped window on the right. There is an image of a fern located above the see-through window, and the two sides should match perfectly when held
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A new one-hundred-dollar note was released in May 2016 along with the newly designed twenty-dollar and fifty-dollar notes, as part of the Series 7 banknote release (described by the
Reserve Bank as the "Brighter Money" series). The new five-dollar and ten-dollar notes had previously been released in
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Zealand dollar on 10 July 1967. They were made of cotton-based paper. The design was selected by a six-person design committee
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patterns. When held up to the light, small puzzle pieces on the front and back of the note form a complete number 100 (the denomination of the note). The front and back of the banknote have raised ink that can be felt. On the front of the banknote, the large number 100, the portrait and the words
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At first the one-hundred-dollar note saw little use due to its high value; in terms of
December 2018 dollars, it had the purchasing power equivalent to around $ 1,800 in July 1967, and around $ 395 in December 1981. By March 1982, only 120,500 $ 100 notes were in circulation; by comparison, 24
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Zealand banknotes. As surveys showed that the New Zealand public were generally content with the note design, very few design changes were made and the overall design remains similar to the Series 5 note. The note was
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Zealand is being used less for transactional purposes and more as a
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Security features on the Series 7 one-hundred-dollar note include a large transparent window containing intricate details, such as the denomination of the note and a detailed border with ferns and
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and Professor John Simpson, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the
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407:"Explaining New Zealand's Currency"
142:New Zealand one-hundred-dollar note
1128:Finance company collapses, 2006â12
666:"New Bank Notes Security Features"
248:The back of the note features the
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1251:New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
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451:Wright, Matthew (July 2017).
695:"The New Polymer Bank Notes"
288:Seventh issue (2016âpresent)
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592:"Banknotes in circulation"
241:medal he won in 1908. The
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1123:Leaky homes crisis, 2000s
513:"The Rutherford Banknote"
224:Fourth series (1982â1990)
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538:"New Zealand $ 100 note"
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203:University of Canterbury
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158:decimalised its currency
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788:Pitcairn Islands dollar
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258:Fiordland National Park
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1064:Economy of New Zealand
885:Obsolete denominations
199:Stewart Bell Maclennan
148:. It is issued by the
132:1992 (original design)
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146:New Zealand banknote
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1113:Ruthanasia, 1990â93
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627:on 9 December 2020.
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174:Ernest Rutherford
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679:10 December
646:. June 2019
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239:Nobel Prize
129:Design date
104:Design date
49:155 mm
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1442:Agreements
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650:9 December
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388:7 December
358:References
210:James Cook
57:74 mm
1387:Retailing
1353:Kauri gum
1278:KiwiSaver
899:Halfpenny
848:Banknotes
794:Historic
1459:Malaysia
1343:Forestry
1287:Industry
1234:Taxation
1142:Currency
941:Waitangi
919:Shilling
914:Sixpence
763:Currency
715:2 August
427:2 August
351:UV light
347:intaglio
262:tukutuku
21:Banknote
1428:Poverty
1397:Tourism
1336:Whaling
1326:Fishing
1071:History
960:Decimal
938:Crown (
567:"$ 100"
164:to the
114:Reverse
80:Obverse
66:Polymer
1423:Income
1377:Mining
966:Coins
924:Florin
214:takahÄ
180:Design
119:Design
94:Design
54:Height
1464:China
1179:$ 100
904:Penny
876:$ 100
810:Coins
709:(PDF)
698:(PDF)
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456:(PDF)
421:(PDF)
410:(PDF)
305:Usage
299:MÄori
250:mÅhua
144:is a
123:MÅhua
46:Width
35:Value
1402:Wine
1316:Beer
1174:$ 50
1169:$ 20
1164:$ 10
871:$ 50
866:$ 20
861:$ 10
717:2013
681:2020
652:2020
603:2020
578:2020
550:2020
524:2020
498:2020
472:2020
429:2013
390:2020
335:koru
140:The
38:100
1211:$ 2
1206:$ 1
1201:50c
1196:20c
1191:10c
1159:$ 5
995:$ 2
990:$ 1
948:) (
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856:$ 5
838:$ 2
833:$ 1
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823:20c
818:10c
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