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The Decimal Coins

It has been said that only strangers to a country are conscious of the designs on its coinage. If that is so the extraordinary pains taken by the Government to consult and satisfy public opinion about the decimal issue will, very largely, be wasted effort. Before long the man in the street will be as little aware of the motifs on his new coins as he is of the designs on the present currency. By that time New Zealand may have come to regret that it has missed the opportunity to strike a coinage which would convey more, to the knowledgeable visitor and the numismatist alike, of New Zealand’s way of life if not of the culture which we like to think of as distinctively New Zealand.

The chosen designs are felicitous enough in themselves; these coins should be pleasant to the eye and convenient for the fingers. It is a great pity they have no coherent, unifying theme. Experts abroad may judge them to be pleasant but trite. Some may feel that this, after all, comes fairly close to expressing the New Zealand character.

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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 16

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188

The Decimal Coins Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 16

The Decimal Coins Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31086, 15 June 1966, Page 16

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