or ▁co ins ▁being ▁made ▁for ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁The ▁co ins ▁were ▁slowly ▁with dra wn ▁from ▁circul ation , ▁before ▁finally ▁being ▁demon et ised ▁( no ▁longer ▁legal ▁tender ) ▁on ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁withdraw al ▁of ▁these ▁co ins , ▁c ash ▁transactions ▁were ▁normally ▁rounded ▁to ▁the ▁nearest ▁ 5 ▁c ents , ▁a ▁process ▁known ▁as ▁Swedish ▁round ing . ▁Some ▁larger ▁ret ail ers ▁( not ably ▁one ▁super market ▁chain ), ▁in ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁public ▁relations , ▁elected ▁to ▁round ▁the ▁total ▁price ▁down ▁( so ▁that ▁$ 4 . 9 9 ▁became ▁$ 4 . 9 5 ▁instead ▁of ▁$ 5 . 0 0 ). ▁Alternatively , ▁many ▁ret ail ers ▁rounded ▁all ▁their ▁prices ▁to ▁the ▁nearest ▁ 5 ▁c ents ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁issue ▁entirely — so ▁a ▁New ▁Zealand ▁sho pper ▁often ▁encountered ▁products ▁for ▁sale ▁at ▁prices ▁like ▁$ 4 . 9 5 . ▁ ▁Introduction ▁of ▁ 1 ▁and ▁ 2 ▁doll ar ▁co ins ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁$ 1 ▁and ▁$ 2 ▁co ins ▁were ▁introduced ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁$ 1 ▁and ▁$ 2 ▁notes ▁in ▁circul ation . ▁These ▁co ins ▁were ▁mint ed ▁in ▁al umin ium ▁bronze , ▁and ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁New ▁Zealand ▁co ins ▁to ▁be ▁mint ed ▁to ▁metric ▁specific ations . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁because ▁the