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| New Zealand Wilson 5 Pound Note, Captain James Cook |
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| New Zealand 5 Pounds banknote |
Currency of New Zealand - 5 Pounds banknote 1955 Captain James Cook, issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
New Zealand banknotes, New Zealand paper money, New Zealand bank notes.
Obverse: An engraved portrait of Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Signature of Chief Cashier Gilbert Wilson (1955-56)
Reverse: An engraving of Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook / Aoraki at centre. At left New Zealand Fantail or its Maori name, Pīwakawaka or Tīwakawaka - small insectivorous bird.
Watermark: Maori chief - King Tawhaio, the second Maori king.
Printed by Thomas De La Rue And Company Limited, London.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Banknotes
ND (1940-1967) "Captain Cook" Pound Issue