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Here is the response from a New Zealander... HTH Andy

for the portrait see here, http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/obverse/gottwald.cfm still working on the other questions

The fern leaf reverse was only used with that portrait in 1979. It has a mintage of 25,000 with 85,000 in proof. The 1980 had a fantail, 1981 Oak, 1982 Takahe.

Always thought the later NZ dollars were NCLT? There is another so far unique portrait (not NZ) from a one year issue circulation coin....

A while ago on another forum - I put together this short list of circulation coinage portraits..... Starting from top left, 1) UK, Australia, Bermuda, Caymen Islands, Cook Islands, East Caribbean States, Falkland Is, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, New Zealand 2) Canada 3) Canada 4) Canada (2002 50 Cent only) 5) UK, Australia, Belize, Bermuda, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, New Zealand, St. Helena & Ascension, Solomon Is, Tuvalu. 6) Caymen Islands, Jersey 7) Gibraltar 8) UK, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Caymen Islands, Cook Islands, East Caribbean States, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, New Zealand, Rhodesia, St. Helena & Ascension, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu. 9) UK, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa 10) British Honduras / Belize, British West Africa, East Africa, East Caribbean States, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Jersey, Malaya, Mauritius, Seychelles There is a portrait I missed (on a circulation coin) too...

Does anyone know why the lower value Belize FM coins circulated? None of the others seem to have....

In my 4th edition Krause 1801-1900 (I know I ought to get a newer one!) these are not listed, that's not because they are rare but because Krause forgot to include them.... Going further back in time prior to the reorganisation of the database they were listed as KM#279, Duit, 1815H - Amsterdam Mint.

Not so easy as you might think, those from the mint are in BU not standard UNC. The two types when shown side by side are quite different in finish.

I have one of each in UNC (not BU) I have to confess I did buy them though. Also got hold of a 2009 Henry VIII Crown in UNC at the same time, up to present (as far as I know) these have all been in BU.

The Burns £2, Kew 50p and Guides 50p have also been struck and are in the system somewhere.....

umm, 1 and 2 cent have been discontinued, 5 - 50 cent revised in 2009 (5 cent slightly larger, 10, 20 and 50 cent reduced) The 1 Dollar was supposed to be revised too, but I've not heard any more about this and as we're well into 2010 maybe it's been shelved.

Only the 2 cents were ever issued (1955+1957) with Elizabeth II portrait on, the George VI 1951 coins were issued without date change for many years until independence.

Isle of Man, Series 4 is Heraldry (1984-1987) Series 5 is Technology (1988-1995) rather than industry. Ellan Vannin is the Manx name for the Isle of Man. The 5p of 1994-1995 was modified to have a pair of golf clubs. As in Jersey the Isle of Man still has £1 notes - £1 and £2 Isle of Man coins are quite hard to find in change. The £5 does not circulate to the best of my knowledge - though I suppose it would be possible to spend one. The 1998 without Triskeles issue was rather odd, it seems the first batch issued did not have the Triskeles, whilst the coins since did. 1p, 2p, 5p and £1 were issued with this 'error' - Krause also lists a 10p but I cannot confirm that it exists. Commemoratives, Christmas 50p have been issued for every year since 1980 (two in 2008) TT 50p were issued 1981-1984, 1999, 2004, 2007 (two), 2009 and 2010. A special 50p was issued in 1979 and 1980 to commemorate the millennium of the Tynwald (the Manx parliament), and a 1994 issue commemorated the legislative building centenary.

Jersey, I've found more Jersey £1 coins in the UK than I have on Jersey, they still use £1 notes, the coins are seldom seen. I've never found a Jersey £2 coin on the island though I'm told they are there. Guernsey and Isle of Man are similar.

Seychelles, Prior to 1903 they were a dependency of Mauritius, from 1903 becoming a separate colony but using the Mauritius currency. From 1939, new 10, 25 cents and ½ and 1 Rupee were issued, but Mauritius 1,2 and 5 cents continued to be used. It was not until 1948 that the Seychelles issued 1,2 and 5 cents and when they did the continued with the Mauritius design. I believe the coins to have been interchangeable across both territories until independence.