Highlights:
- New Zealand silver proof coin set with a gold-plated ten cent coin
- Each of the five currency coins is uniquely dated 2012
- Worldwide mintage limit: 1,000 sets
The five iconic designs in this silver proof coins set are:
New Zealand ten cents
New Zealand ten cents
New Zealand twenty cents
The Māori carving shown on the 20 cent coin is a reproduction of a specific carving of an 18th century Māori warrior leader called Pukaki, who was a rangatira (chief) of the Ngāti Whakaue iwi of Te Arawa in the Rotorua district. The carving was made in 1836 and today it can be viewed in the entrance to the Rotorua District Council building. The edging of this coin is distinctive and known
as ‘Spanish flower’.
New Zealand fifty cents
The design on the 50 cent coin shows the Endeavour sailing south with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance. The Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771.
New Zealand one dollar
New Zealand’s national bird and beloved icon, the kiwi, appears on the $1 coin. This small, flightless bird has been in New Zealand for more than 60 million years, and is largely nocturnal. It has become so much a part of New Zealand’s national identity that New Zealanders overseas (and at home) colloquially refer to themselves as ‘Kiwis’.
New Zealand two dollars
The kotuku (white heron) is shown on the $2 coin. It is one of New Zealand’s rarest birds and is held in particularly high regard in Māori mythology. Kotuku have figured prominently in Māori legend as exemplars of rarity, grace and beauty, and as inhabitants of the spirit world.
New Zealand two dollars (NZD $2)
| Composition: | Silver proof (0.999) |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 14.12g |
| Diameter: | 26.50mm |
| Edge treatment: | Milled with a channel with ten raised beads |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England |
| Reverse design: | The kotuku (white heron) flying right |
| Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand one dollar (NZD $1)
| Composition: | Silver proof (0.999) |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 10.73g |
| Diameter: | 23.00mm |
| Edge treatment: | Eight alternate segments, four milled and four plain |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England |
| Reverse design: | The kiwi, bringing to reality the colloquial term 'Kiwi Dollar' |
| Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 50 cents
| Composition: | Silver proof (0.999) |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 6.59g |
| Diameter: | 24.75mm |
| Edge treatment: | Un-milled |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley England |
| Reverse design: | The Endeavour sailing south with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance |
| Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 20 cents
| Composition: | Silver proof (0.999) |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 5.30g |
| Diameter: | 21.75mm |
| Edge treatment: | Spanish flower |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England |
| Reverse design: | Māori 'pukai' carving |
| Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 10 cents
| Composition: | Silver proof (0.999), Gold Plated |
|---|---|
| Weight: | 4.37g |
| Diameter: | 20.50mm |
| Edge treatment: | Un-milled |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England |
| Reverse design: | Māori carved head or koruru |
| Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
