2007 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set Tuatara

2007 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set (Tuatara)

Features

Issuer	New Zealand
Issuing entity	Poste néo-zélandaise
Mint	Royal Australian Mint
Yıl	2007
Issued quantity	3500
Numara	N# S2579
Referanslar	KM# MS61 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Description

This 2007 BU Set of coins was minted by The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand & New Zealand Post. The set was packaged in a blister type folding coincard and was inserted in a slipcase.

The set contains five standard definitive coins, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 & $2.

This was the first New Zealand BU Set to feature the new Copper plated Steel 10 cent coin.

This was the first New Zealand BU Set to feature the new small size Nickel plated Steel 20 cent coin.

This was the first New Zealand BU Set to feature the new small size Nickel plated Steel 50 cent coin.

The NCLT $5 coin is celebrating the Tuatara. They are reptiles endemic to New Zealand, belonging to the genus Sphenodon. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia. Their name derives from the Māori language, and means "peaks on the back".