Description and research notes
Perforated specimen of the 1975–77 100 Dollars note signed by R.L. Knight, printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. It shows the perforated legend 'SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE' across the face, the variant used for internal archive control copies within De La Rue London. Serial G0000000.
The bright red and crimson color palette introduced with the decimal series remains, with Queen Elizabeth II engraved at right and Cook watermark at left. PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated — a well-preserved example of one of the scarcer Knight signature hundreds and the final TDLR paper production before Bradbury Wilkinson took over printing.