NZ Catalogued Varieties & Faults

Halfpenny

1961 Broken Neck

: Normal

: Broken Neck

: Normal

: Broken Neck

Penny

1945 Burnished

1956 Strapless

Threepence

1956 Strapless

1957 86 Dots Obverse

Sixpence

1957 Strapless

1965 Broken Wing

Type 1

A small area of the Huia’s (Birds) wing is missing

: Normal

Type 2

A larger area of the Huia’s (Birds) wing is missing

: Normal

Close up Comparison

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Shilling

1942 Broken Back

1958 Broken Back

1962 No Horizon Variety

The no horizon variety is when the small line behind the Maori warrior disappears. But worth noting is that another small line appears from the shin of his left leg.

1965 Broken Back

Florin

Flat Back Kiwi

Half Crown

1950 Near / Far Diamond

Two Cent

1967 Bahamas Mule

Five Cent

1967 Missing Tail

1967 No Sea to right

: Normal

: No Sea

1968 Missing Sea error in sets.

Photos of what I think is the progression of this error only found in 1968 sets. Interesting to see the seagull gets smaller from photos 1-3

: 1. Normal

: 2. Missing Part Right Sea + Tail

: 3. Missing Part Right Sea + Tail + Under Tuatara Chin

: 4. Missing Full Right Sea + Tail + Under Tuatara Chin

1999 Wart Nose

Type 1 A

For now this is type 1 and shows a large metal cud on the Queens nose also smaller cuds on a number of letters on the obverse

Type 1 B

Type 2 sees all the cuds getting bigger with the addition of two lines out of the hair and Queens neck

Ten Cent

2004 Double Rim / 10 cent with $1 Obverse Mule

As per article in the Royal Numismatic Society of NZ Journal Number 95 – December 2015

: 10 Cent Mule

: 10 Cent Normal

: 10 Cent ex UNC Set

: $1 Normal Circulating

: $1 ex UNC Set

: Normal 10 Cent Top Mule Bottom

: 10c & $1 Ex Set

: $1 Circulating & 10C Mule

What to look for when searching for this Mule

: Marks in front of mouth

: Marks at the back of Hair

: Die Line between L & A (Thanks to K Harris for pointing this out)

: Die line from Queen although this got longer as the die was used and sometimes is not seen

: Comparison between dates

: Comparison to designers Initials

Twenty Cent

1967 Dot After Elizabeth II

1976 Die Shift / Doubled Die

2014 Die Varieties

Fifty Cent

1967 Dot Over 1

1984 Sets & 1988 Circulating Missing Rope Varieties

1994 Bi Metal Design

One Dollar

1969 No Hyphen

1969 COOKBI

2008 Butterfly Lips + Adams Apple

2010 Goiter (Adams Apple)

Type 1

Type 2

The Gotire errors are currently listed in the John Bertrand N

Two Dollar

1993 Kingfisher