| Coin | Silver Five Ounces 2023 Tokoeka Kiwi |
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New Zealand uses the New Zealand Dollar as its circulation currency for daily transactions. The country also issues a number of commemorative and collector coins, including in the large five ounces of silver format (abbreviated as 5 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum). Authorised by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the official issuer of these coins is NZ Post - which also issues the country's postal stamps. Manufacturing of the coins is commissioned to various foreign mints.
The coins are "Non-Circulating Legal Tender" (NCLT) and not bullion because they are issued at prices much higher than their intrinsic value and are targeted at collectors who appreciate them for their artistic or sentimental value, and not at bullion investors.
This coin is part of an annual series featuring a new Kiwi design every year, and depicts the Tokoeka Southern Brown Kiwi (Apteryx australis) - New Zealand’s smallest kiwi.
NZ Post says about it:
Unusual among kiwi, tokoeka are sometimes active during the daytime. On Rakiura they are often spotted by visitors and can sometimes be seen on the beach foraging for food. Tokoeka protect each other by living in family units, with offspring staying as helpers to their parents for up to seven years, sharing the task of incubating their siblings before they hatch. The combined population numbers for the three tokoeka taxa make it the most numerous kiwi species, with over 30,000 birds in the wild. |
| Mint | B. H. Mayer |
Mint Mark | No mint mark |
Total Mintage |
300
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| Obverse | |
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The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).
Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: NEW ZEALAND .999 Ag 5oz ELIZABETH II 2023.
The inscription also indicates the precious metal content - ".999 Ag 5oz" means "five troy ounces of 99.9% silver"; Ag is abbreviated from Argentum, the Latin word for silver.
The portrait of the Queen is gold plated. |
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| Reverse | |
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The reverse of the coin depicts a tokoeka kiwi foraging for food on the beach on Rakiura / Stewart Island.
Around above, the face value TEN DOLLARS.
Around below, TOKOEKA SOUTHERN BROWN KIWI, followed by the scientific name of the species, Apteryx australis.
The kiwi and the chick are gold plated. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
TEN DOLLARS TOKOEKA SOUTHERN BROWN KIWI Apteryx australis |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: black proof, selective gold plating.
Packaging: in black presentation box, with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
NZ Post SKU: CU22ISP05
Issue price: NZ$ 649.00
The coins are dated 2023 during the reign of King Charles III; however, on the obverse they have the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022. |
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| See also |
Annual Kiwi coins issued by New Zealand (ordered by year / metal / size):
- 1/4 oz Gold Kiwi with map of New Zealand, 2009
- $1 Copper-Nickel Kiwi with map of New Zealand (with silver ounce proof variant), 2009
- 1/4 oz Gold, Kiwi with the Southern Cross, 2010
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi with the Southern Cross, 2010
- 1/4 oz Gold, Kiwi with silver fern, 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi with silver fern, 2011
- 1/4 oz Gold, Kiwi with kōwhai flower, 2012
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi with kōwhai flower, 2012
- 1/4 oz Gold, Kiwi with Tane Mahuta, 2013
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi with Tane Mahuta, 2013
- 1/4 oz Gold, Kiwi with Mitre Peak, 2014
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi with Mitre Peak, 2014
- 1/4 oz Gold, Brown Kiwi, 2015
- 1 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2015
- 1 oz Silver, Kiwi Silhouette, 2015
- 1/4 oz Gold (egg shaped), Great Spotted Kiwi, 2016
- 1 oz Silver (egg shaped), Great Spotted Kiwi, 2016
- 1/4 oz Gold, Raikura Tokoeka Kiwi, 2017
- 1 oz Silver, Raikura Tokoeka Kiwi, 2017
- 1/4 oz Gold, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2018
- 5 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2018
- 1 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2018
- 1/4 oz Gold, Brown Kiwi, 2019
- 1 kg Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2019
- 1 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2019
- 1/2 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2019
- 1/2 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2019
- 1/2 oz Silver, Great Spotted Kiwi, 2019
- 1/2 oz Silver, Rowi Kiwi, 2019
- 1/2 oz Silver, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2019
- 1/4 oz Gold, Rowi Kiwi, 2020
- 1 kg Silver, Rowi Kiwi, 2020
- 5 oz Silver, Rowi Kiwi, 2020
- 2 oz Silver, Rowi Kiwi, 2020
- 1 oz Silver, Rowi Kiwi, 2020
- 5 oz Gold, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 1/4 oz Gold, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 1 kg Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 5 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 2 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 1 oz Silver, Brown Kiwi, 2021
- 1/4 oz Gold, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2022
- 1 kg Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2022
- 5 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2022
- 2 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2022
- 1 oz Silver, Little Spotted Kiwi, 2022
- 1/4 oz Gold, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2023
- 1 kg Silver, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2023
- 5 oz Silver, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2023
- 2 oz Silver, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2023
- 1 oz Silver, Tokoeka Kiwi, 2023
- 1/4 oz Gold, Roroa Spotted Kiwi, 2024
- 1 kg Silver, Roroa Spotted Kiwi, 2024
- 5 oz Silver, Roroa Spotted Kiwi, 2024
- 2 oz Silver, Roroa Spotted Kiwi, 2024
- 1 oz Silver, Roroa Spotted Kiwi, 2024
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