N.Z. DOLLAR SIGN
One Stroke Through S
A capital S with one vertical line through it (not two lines as on the American dollar sign) will be the symbol for the New Zealand dollar on bank notes and cheques.
This information has been given to the Associated Chambers of Commerce by Mr R. D. Muldoon, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Mr Lake). Mr Muldoon told the chambers, however, that it was not intended to standardise the dollar symliol by legislation. so that any of the recognised forms would be acceptable. The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce favours a capital Z with a single vertical line through it to represent New Zealand's own distinctive sign.
It has strongly recommended that symbol to the Associated Chambers of Commerce. In its newsletter, the chamber says it has urged further discussion on the matter in spite of the Decimal Currency Board’s decision to discard the Z symbol because of possible confusion With the Polish zloty. The newsletter says the Z symbol was first suggested by the Napier Chamber of Commerce.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30559, 30 September 1964, Page 27
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