1967 Auckland Numismatic Society - Decimal Coinage Commemorative Medal
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1967 Auckland Numismatic Society - Decimal Coinage Commemorative Medal
Overall: 3mm (width), 48mm (diameter)
Copper - 39.2 grams
Example of an Introduction of Decimal Coinage July 1967 decorative medal. Copper double sided medal. On one side 'THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF AUCKLAND INC /TO COMMEMORATE THE INTRODUCTION OF DECIMAL COINAGE TO NEW ZEALAND JULY 1967'. On the other side ' "THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH" /E PUTA KE ANA NGA TIKANGAO MUA.' with a depiction of a tattooed Māori mans head on an easel in front of land with cabbage trees, toi toi [toetoe] and ferns in the foreground and hills, birds flying, two people in a boat and a whare in the background.