2020 New Zealand Proof Currency Set. In 2019, an international team of researchers extracted mitochondrial DNA from subfossil bones discovered in sand dunes on the Chatham Islands. This research has confirmed that until a few centuries ago a unique crested penguin species. Existed on the Chatham Islands.
Crested penguins of the genus. Are black and-white with yellow crests and red bills and eyes. Chatham Island crested penguins were among the largest of the crested penguins. The set features proof versions of New Zealands circulating currency coins. Each coin is specially dated 2020.
Collectively the coins feature many well-known New Zealand symbols such as the Mori carved mask, known as a kruru on the 10-cent coin, and the HMS. As well as the proof versions of New Zealands circulating currency coins, the set includes a 1oz version of the. 2020 New Zealand Annual Coin - Chatham Island Crested Penguin. This coin is only available as part of the. This vividly illustrated 1oz silver proof coin was designed by New Zealand artist Dave Burke. Two Chatham Island crested penguins are imagined here with a stormy backdrop familiar to inhabitants of the Chatham Islands. The birds are encircled by an arc of koru designs. There are only 750 of these collectable sets available and each one comes housed in a beautiful display box to keep them in pristine condition.Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom. Dave Burk, Tauranga, New Zealand. Milled with a channel with ten raised beads.
Eight alternate segments, four milled and four plain. New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi. With Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance.A carving of an 18th century Mori leader called'Pkk. A Mori carved mask or'kruru' with Mori rafter patterns. The item "New Zealand -2020- Proof Currency Set- Chatham Island Crested Penguin" is in sale since Friday, January 31, 2020. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\New Zealand". The seller is "silvergoldbullion" and is located in Rangiora.
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