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?
But where? It's not clear from the article. As far as I can tell, the New Zealand Mint doesn't produce any legal New Zealand tender, but they do produce legal tender commemoratives for other South Pacific countries, e.g. Fiji. And, this sort of coin looks like it's right up their alley with their Muhammed Ali, Star Wars, etc. coin sets. They could be legal tender on Pitcairn Island.
Per the Reserve Bank of New Zealand coins have been minted at (as of 2009): Royal Mint: 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1991,
"For the longest time NZ had the exact same coins as Australia."
When was this? The 19th century
NZ coins had their own designs way back in the days before decimal currency. I remember there was a Tui on the Penny You could find them as radding in the back of D cell torches
I wonder how much my 1940 Centennial Half-Crown is worth these days
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.
Commemorative coins are legal tender. They are seldom used as such, since their market value is usually higher than their face value. Though sometimes they have been released into the market by Post Office counters giving them as change, and you do see the odd one in circulation for a while after release.
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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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But where? It's not clear from the article. As far as I can tell, the New Zealand Mint doesn't produce any legal New Zealand tender, but they do produce legal tender commemoratives for other South Pacific countries, e.g. Fiji. And, this sort of coin looks like it's right up their alley with their Muhammed Ali, Star Wars, etc. coin sets. They could be legal tender on Pitcairn Island.
Per the Reserve Bank of New Zealand coins have been minted at (as of 2009):
Royal Mint: 1967, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1991,
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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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"For the longest time NZ had the exact same coins as Australia."
When was this? The 19th century
NZ coins had their own designs way back in the days before decimal currency. I remember there was a Tui on the Penny
You could find them as radding in the back of D cell torches
I wonder how much my 1940 Centennial Half-Crown is worth these days
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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.
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The article says the coins are legal tender if that answers your question.
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