| 17 / 6 / 2004 |
| 2004 Bollard $5 notes issued |
New 2004 Bollard $5 notes issued
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand started issuing the new 2004 (04) Bollard $5 to the Banks for issue on Thursday June 17.
Keep an eye out for them!! And inform me of the highest serials you spot. Presumably they will have had printed more than the two million notes that appeared in 2003.
Will other denominations also appear? Keep checking this site for the latest news. |
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| 4 / 5 / 2004 |
| New 2004 Bollard $5 |
| The New Zealand Herald, The Christchurch Press and the Waikato Times, amongst other newspapers ran articles about the poor condition of the currently circulating polymer $5 notes (featuring Ed Hillary). In the articles a Reserve Bank spokesman was quoted as saying "technology had improved since the first plastic fivers were printed in 1998. Two million fresh $5 notes were printed last year (the Bollards), and a second run would be printed later this year". So we can all look forward to some 04 dated $5 notes. Fingers crossed for some other denominations too! |
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| 27 / 1 / 2004 |
| Hillary $5 |
| Upon the introduction of the new Hillary $5 in 1992 the RBNZ made a presentation to each staff member of a single $5 note in the packaging used for the sheets of four notes. This note was accompanied by a printed certificate that read: "Dear Staff Member, To commemorate the issue of our second decimal currency series bank notes, I am pleased to present to you one of the first 'Hillary' notes printed. Yours sincerely Don Brash" (Facsimile signature). It appears that nearly 500 may have been issued but it has taken nearly 12 years for one to show up. The note in my example is serial numbered AA 036339. |
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| 26 / 1 / 2004 |
| Low numbered presentation books |
| It would now seem that there were ten, rather than five low numbered presentation books as the book containing notes serial numbered 000013 & 000014 (the 7th pair) has been sighted. Also I have $1 0A 000011 in my collection and it shows signs of having been removed from a book. The matching $2 0A0 0000011 also has been sighted. |
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| 19 / 11 / 2003 |
| The new 2003 dated $5 note sheets |
| The new 2003 dated $5 note sheets of 40 notes commenced issue this week from NZ Post (Who issue coins and notes on behalf of the Reserve Bank). The issue price is NZ$299. There is a total of 500 sheets available. Their serial numbers range from a low of 054004 to a high of 056445, with each note on the sheet bearing the same serial numbers. |
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| 4 / 9 / 2003 |
| Sharp Eyed Collectors |
Sharp eyed collectors of New Zealand's Polymer issues may have noticed that the three recent issues of the '02' $10 and $20 and the '03' Bollard $5 all have had a significant change of numbering system. Whilst the 99 issues (and most polymer issues printed by Note Printing Australia) all had there serial numbers printed in reverse order, eg 999999 down to wherever they finished, the new issues have reverted back to the logical sequence of starting at 000001 and going upwards.
The highest serial numbers you should be able to locate are:
$5 03 056500
$10 02 165000
$20 02 679000 |
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| 26 / 6 / 2003 |
| New Signature BOLLARD $5 note issued |
The new 2003 dated $5 note commenced issue from today according to a press release from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. (see below).
All notes are dated 03 for 2003. Previous polymer $5 are all dated 99 for 1999. This is the first denomination to be issued bearing the signature of the new Governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard who replaced Donald Brash in September 2002. Press release follows…
Press Release:
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 26 June 2003
First 'Bollard' signed bank notes issued
The Reserve Bank today announced that the first bank notes with the signature of Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard have been issued for release into general circulation. Dr Bollard was appointed Governor during September 2002.
Two million $5 notes with Dr Bollard's signature have been printed. One hundred thousand were released today and the rest will probably be issued over the next six months.
The first two digits of the serial number are 03.
Currency Manager Brian Lang said today "Dr Bollard is the tenth person to sign New Zealand bank notes. The first notes were issued by the Bank in 1934 and were signed by the then Governor, Lesley Lefeaux.
"It's important to note that as of today most $5 notes in circulation still carry former Governor Don Brash's signature, as the new $5 notes issued today are less than 1 per cent out of a total of approximately 17.4 million $5 notes in circulation. Both are legal tender.
"This is the first reprint since 1999 for this denomination. The longer-life of polymer notes means that re-print runs are less frequent. When all New Zealand bank notes were made of paper, a print run was required each year for most denominations to replace notes withdrawn from circulation.
"The full range of notes probably won't all carry Dr Bollard's signature for some time yet," Mr Lang concluded. |
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| 20 / 6 / 2003 |
| Noble Numismatics Auction |
| Noble Numismatics (Sydney) next auction catalogue has now been uploaded to their website, noblenumismatics.com.au Included amongst the Trading Bank and Pre-Decimal Specimens is a proof artists mock-up of an unissued $2 bank note. Estimated at A$10,000 it is a rarely seen proof from the archives of Thomas de la Rue, the printers of New Zealand's Banknotes at the time of the changeover from pounds sterling to decimal currency in 1967. |
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| 18 / 3 / 2003 |
| The 50th Anniversary |
| May 29th marks the 50th anniversary of Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953. An image of an autographed $5 note can be seen on the decimal notes images page. The New Zealand Post Office will release a pair of stamps to commemorate this event. Other issues both official and private can probably be expected over the next few weeks. I can supply uncirculated 1999 $5 (various prefixes) for A$10 plus postage. |
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| 17 / 3 / 2003 |
| Image Pages Updated |
| I have now updated the links on the image pages, so there are now a wide variety of interesting images to look at. Hope you enjoy some of my notes. Will add others eventually. |
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