New Zealand One Dollar

I recall handling New Zealand's 1967 decimal coins often enough, but a one-dollar piece from that year raises an eyebrow—mainly because the set introduced on July 10, 1967, stopped at 50 cents, with the dollar as a banknote. If such a silver dollar existed, it might have been a trial strike or a commemorative, though records from the Royal Mint don't confirm it in circulation. What I do know is that the 1967 decimal reform scrapped the old imperial system, featuring new coins designed by James Berry with animals like the kiwi and tuatara, all minted in cupro-nickel except for the silver proofs. Mintage figures for potential rarities are murky; archives from that era have gaps. In my three decades, I've seen fakes passed off as genuine, which is why I always check the edge milling. No one likes surprises in a dealer's tray.