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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of New Zealand |
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| Year | 1999-2014 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A Karearea (New Zealand falcon) in flight is rendered at centre, set against a background vignette of Mount Tapuaenuku, the highest peak in the Kaikoura Ranges. A Marlborough Rock daisy motif occupies the lower left, while fine multicolour guilloche patterns fill the remaining field. |
| Reverse lettering | NEW ZEALAND TWENTY KAREAREA |
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New Zealand switched to polymer for this series starting in 1999, making it an early adopter outside of Australia — where Note Printing Australia had been refining the substrate since the late 1980s. The clear window on polymer issues like this one was a deliberate counter to the sophisticated forgery operations that had targeted the previous paper series during the 1990s.
Three different governor signatures appear across the P#187 run, with Bollard-signed examples dated 2004, 2005, and 2006 being the most frequently encountered in circulation grades.