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Kōrero: Coins and banknotes

Decimal-currency tea towel

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Decimal-currency tea towel

A number of different tea towels were produced to mark the change to decimal currency. This linen towel showed the new coins and provided a handy conversion table, overseen by the mascot Mr Dollar wearing a university graduate's mortarboard.

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Renaissance Publishing

Reference: Every tea towell tells a story: Richard Till's Special Collection. Auckland: Renaissance, 2010, p. 39

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Kerryn Pollock, Coins and banknotes – Decimal currency, 1960s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/object/36400/decimal-currency-tea-towel (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012.