New Zealand
Decimal Banknotes

One Dollar Paper (1967-1991)

Fleming, Wilks, Knight, Hardie I, Hardie II, Russell & Brash Signatures

 

One Dollar Fleming

P163a One Dollar

1967

Fleming signature from 1967. Prefixes were Number next to Letter 0A-3H. What was supposed to be prefix 1 was actually printed as the letter I, see image below.
Below is an extremely rare occurrence of two notes with the same identical serial number.
 
One Dollar Wilks

P163b One Dollar

1968

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Number next to Letter 3J-6H.
P163b One Dollar

1969

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Number next to Letter 6J-7H.
P163b One Dollar

1970

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Number next to Letter 7J-9Y.
P163b One Dollar

1970

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers B00-B04.
P163b One Dollar

1971

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers B05-H04.
P163b One Dollar

1972

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers H05-L09.
P163b One Dollar

1973

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers S00-Y09, and B10-B19.
P163b* One Dollar

 

Wilks signature from 1968-1973. Star Note Prefixes were 0A*, 0B*, 0C* and Y90*.
 
One Dollar Knight

P163c One Dollar

1974

Knight signature from 1974-1977. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers C10-H14.
P163c One Dollar

1975

Knight signature from 1974-1977. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers H15-K19.
P163c One Dollar

1976

Knight signature from 1974-1977. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers L10-Y14.
P163c One Dollar

1977

Knight signature from 1974-1977. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers Y15-E24.
P163c* One Dollar

 

Knight signature from 1974-1977. Star Note Prefixes were Y90* and Y91*.
 
One Dollar Hardie I
P163d One Dollar

1978

Hardie I signature from 1978-1979. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers E25-K24.
P163d One Dollar

1979

Hardie I signature from 1978-1979. Prefixes were Letter next to Numbers K25-Y24.
P163d* One Dollar

 

Hardie I signature from 1978-1979. Star Note Prefixes were Y91* and Y92*.
 
One Dollar Hardie II

 

P169a One Dollar

1980

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Prefixes were Three Letters AAA-ABH.
P169a One Dollar

1981

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Prefixes were Three Letters ABJ-ACS.
P169a One Dollar

1982

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Prefixes were Three Letters ACT-AEB.
P169a One Dollar

1983

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Prefixes were Three Letters AEC-AFK.
P169a One Dollar

1984

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Prefixes were Three Letters AFL-AGV.
P169a One Dollar

 

Hardie II signature from 1980-1984. Star Note Prefixes were AA* and AB*.
 
One Dollar Russell

 

P169b One Dollar

1985

Russell signature from 1985-1988. Prefixes were Three Letters AGW-AJD.
P169b One Dollar

1987

Russell signature from 1985-1988. Prefixes were Three Letters AJE-AKM.
P169b One Dollar

1988

Russell signature from 1985-1988. Prefixes were Three Letters AKN-AMH.

 

One Dollar Brash

 

P169c One Dollar

1989

Brash signature from 1989. Prefixes were Three Letters AMJ-ANS.
 
One Dollar Special Issues
The above note was issued at the 1990 Numismatic Convention. There were 300 notes issued with prefix AMR 000001 to 000300. The note itself was not overprinted.
The above note was issued in 1991 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Wellington Coin Club. There were a total of 200 issued with 100 having prefixes AMS 976001 to 976100,
and then another 100 with AMS 976501 to 976600. Green Overprint.
The above note was issued in 2000, commemorating "First To See The Dawn" issued by the Wellington Coin Club. There were 200 issued with prefixes ANB 261001 to 261200. Red Overprint.
The quantity of 200 was later reduced to 173, when 27 of them were further overprinted, see below.


The above consecutive pair of notes were issued in 2006. They are the original 2000 overprint, see above, commemorating "First To See The Dawn" issued by the Wellington Coin Club,
with an additional overprint to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of RNSNZ and also the 40th Anniversary of the Wellington Coin Club. There were only 25 issued with prefixes ANB 261167 to 261191,
plus 2 trials ANB 261053 & ANB 261054. This issue reduced the quantity of the 2000 issue from 200 to 173. The Overprints are Red for the Dawn and Black for the 75th & 40th.
A further copy is shown with the last serial number ANB 261191 in the range of 25.
The above note was issued at the 2011 Convention to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of RNSNZ. There were 3 notes issued with black overprint, 17 with red overprint and 80 with blue overprint.
The above note was issued at the 2014 New Zealand Numismatic Conference. There were 3 notes issued with black overprint, 17 with red overprint and 80 with blue overprint.
The above note was issued in 2015 by the Tauranga Numismatic Society to commemorate their 50 years. There were 81 notes overprinted (AGP 136805-885), but numbers 812 & 842 were destroyed, leaving 79 issued.
The above note was issued at the 2017 Decimal 50 Years Conference. There were 4 notes issued with black overprint (AGP 136900-903), 12 with red overprint (AGP 136904-915) and 84 with blue overprint (AGP 136916-999).

      

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