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a fluorescent patch will appear showing "20", 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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1371:Tourism
1310:Whaling
1300:Fishing
1045:History
934:Decimal
912:Crown (
169:to the
112:Reverse
80:Obverse
66:Polymer
1397:Income
1351:Mining
940:Coins
898:Florin
629:notes.
540:"$ 20"
336:Future
229:and a
227:kererū
181:Design
126:Design
94:Design
54:Height
1438:China
1153:$ 100
878:Penny
850:$ 100
784:Coins
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348:Usage
330:Māori
149:is a
46:Width
35:Value
1376:Wine
1290:Beer
1148:$ 50
1143:$ 20
1138:$ 10
845:$ 50
840:$ 20
835:$ 10
691:2013
655:2020
602:2022
576:2020
551:2020
526:2020
481:2013
442:2020
377:koru
145:The
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1180:$ 1
1175:50c
1170:20c
1165:10c
1133:$ 5
969:$ 2
964:$ 1
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812:$ 2
807:$ 1
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