Are these official New Zealand currency (typically minted by the Royal Mint in the UK or the Royal Canadian Mint), or commemoratives produced by the New Zealand Mint, a private company which doesn't produce New Zealand's currency?
I believe current NZ coins are made by the Royal Canadian Mint. We make a lot of countries coins as they invented some interesting electroplating technique that makes nice looking plated steel coins that are difficult to counterfeit.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday October 11, 2012 @09:37PM (#41626247)
i used to work at the Australian Mint, we weren't producing NZ coins at the time although i believe we had previously.
Anyway, Canadian coins are good because they use cheap steel, while for eg Aus uses tin in addition to nickel/copper which is really expensive. So good, Not so much for counterfeiting but mostly due to high metal prices. Not many places seem to bother making fake coins as all the work to pressing them to look the same will make it not worth while, we mostly saw fakes which were tried to pass off as damaged coin out of car crushers, etc.
Are the real currency? (Score:2)
Are these official New Zealand currency (typically minted by the Royal Mint in the UK or the Royal Canadian Mint), or commemoratives produced by the New Zealand Mint, a private company which doesn't produce New Zealand's currency?
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I thought NZ Currency was minted in Australia.
For the longest time NZ had the exact same coins as Australia.
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I believe current NZ coins are made by the Royal Canadian Mint. We make a lot of countries coins as they invented some interesting electroplating technique that makes nice looking plated steel coins that are difficult to counterfeit.
Re:Are the real currency? (Score:0)
i used to work at the Australian Mint, we weren't producing NZ coins at the time although i believe we had previously.
Anyway, Canadian coins are good because they use cheap steel, while for eg Aus uses tin in addition to nickel/copper which is really expensive. So good, Not so much for counterfeiting but mostly due to high metal prices. Not many places seem to bother making fake coins as all the work to pressing them to look the same will make it not worth while, we mostly saw fakes which were tried to pass off as damaged coin out of car crushers, etc.