New Zealand ten - cent coin - wikipedia New Zealand ten - cent coin Ten cents New Zealand Value 0.10 New Zealand dollars Mass 3.30 g Diameter 20.5 mm Thickness 1.58 mm Edge unmilled Composition Copper - plated steel Years of minting 2006 -- present Catalog number - Obverse Design Queen Elizabeth II Designer Ian Rank - Broadley Design date 1999 Reverse Design A Māori carved mask or koruru with Māori rafter patterns Designer Reginald George James Berry Design date 1967 The New Zealand ten - cent coin is the lowest - denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar. The 10 - cent coin was introduced when the New Zealand dollar was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand shilling coin. In 2006 its size was reduced as part of a revision of New Zealand 's coins, which also saw its alloy become copper - plated steel. Contents 1 Design 1.1 1967 to 2006 1.2 2006 onwards 2 See also 3 References Design 1967 to 2006 On 10 July 1967, New Zealand 's former pre-decimal pound currency, pegged to the British pound, was changed to a decimal dollar at a rate of two dollars to a pound. Therefore, 10 cents was worth a twentieth of a pound. The 10 - cent coin replaced the shilling coin. The coin was made of cupronickel, 23.62 mm in diameter, and weighed 5.66 grams. It included the word `` shilling '' for the years 1967, 1968 and 1969 ; this was dropped in 1970. 2006 onwards On 31 July 2006, the new 10 - cent coin was released alongside the new 20 - cent and 50 - cent coins as part of the Reserve Bank 's `` Change for the better '' silver coin replacement. The new 10 - cent coin had the same reverse as the 1967 to 2006 minted coins and the same obverse as the 1999 - onward coins, but the coins were reduced in size. The new 10 - cent coins are made of steel, plated with copper. The new coins are 20.5 mm in diameter and 3.30 grams in weight. They have unmilled edges. The old 10 - cent coins were demonetised on 1 November 2006. See also Coins of the New Zealand dollar References Jump up ^ http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/notes_and_coins/coins/0101459.html New Zealand currency Coins 10 ¢ 20 ¢ 50 ¢ $1 $2 Banknotes $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 Withdrawn Coins : 1 ¢ 2 ¢ 5 ¢ Banknotes : $1 $2 Historic ( before 1967 ) Pound sterling ( UK ) New Zealand pound Related topics Banks : Reserve Bank of New Zealand Currencies : AUD, NZD Transactions : Swedish rounding Economy of New Zealand History Head tax, 1881 IC&A Act, 1894 Wool boom, 1951 Black Budget, 1958 Think Big, 1979 -- 84 Rogernomics, 1984 -- 90 Ruthanasia, 1990 -- 93 Mother of all Budgets, 1991 Leaky homes crisis, 2000s Finance company collapses, 2006 -- 12 Currency New Zealand dollar Dollar banknotes twenty Dollar coins one Twenty - cent coin New Zealand pound Government Taxation New Zealand Treasury New Zealand budget New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Reserve Bank of New Zealand Official Cash Rate Overseas Investment Office Commerce Commission KiwiSaver Industry Agriculture New Zealand Meat Producers Board New Zealand Dairy Board New Zealand Wool Board Beer Fishing Aquaculture Whaling Forestry Woodchipping Kauri gum Licensing trust Mining Tourism Wine Economic conditions Social class Income Poverty International rankings Agreements Closer Economic Relations Free trade agreements Malaysia China Trans - Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification Unions and lobbyists Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa New Zealand Business Roundtable New Zealand Council of Trade Unions The New Zealand Institute Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_ten-cent_coin&oldid=824766305 '' Categories : Coins of New Zealand Ten - cent coins 1967 establishments in New Zealand Hidden categories : Coin article with no obverse image Coin article with no reverse image Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 9 February 2018, at 10 : 30. About Wikipedia

Question: what is on the nz 10 cent coin
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II