New Zealand 2002 Silver Proof Coins Set - Hector's Dolphin

2002 New Zealand Silver Proof Coin Set. This 7th issue dedicated to New Zealand's endangered species, we celebrate the magnificent New Zealand Dolphin. Reproduced in careful detail by a master coin craftsman. Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England. Milled with a channel with ten raised beads.

The kotuku (white heron) flying right. Eight alternate segments, four milled and four plain. The kiwi, bringing to reality the colloquial term'Kiwi Dollar.

The Endeavour sailing south, with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance. Maori carved head or koruru.

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