Inscriptions along the rim: Queen's name, title of state. Effigy of Queen (portrait by Arnold Machin) right in the center, below - the year of minting.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is Queen of New Zealand from 6 February 1952.

Word denomination, below - a Maori carved head or koruru with Maori rafter patterns.

The word Māori refers to the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, and to their language.