New Fijian Coin Last To Carry Queen’s Effigy
News Release
10 December 2012
New Fijian Coin Last To
Carry Queen’s Effigy
New Zealand Mint has released a new gold bullion coin that is the final Fijian coin to carry the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
From next year the country is replacing the Queen with a Fijian coat-of-arms on all currency. Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth in 2009.
“This is an investment gold coin but it has collector intrigue value to it too in the fact that it is the last coin by Fiji to bear the QEII effigy,” says NZ Mint chief executive Simon Harding.
The pure gold, 1oz investment coin is valued at $2,206.00 on today’s gold pricing and is produced by NZ Mint under licence from the Fijian government.
Harding says the new coin has particular appeal to international investors because it bears an official government effigy.
The new Fijian coin features a
Taku or Hawksbill turtle which is an endangered species. NZ
Mint also produces an investment 1oz silver coin featuring
the Taku as well as a 1oz. gold Kiwi bullion
medallion.
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About New Zealand Mint: New Zealand Mint
has been minting legal tender commemorative coins, gold
bullion and medallions for more than four decades. As New
Zealand's only precious metal mint and one of the first
world mints to adopt the .9999 standard for gold coin
purity, New Zealand Mint prides itself on high quality
design and production work.
In 2009,
New Zealand Mint opened the Bullion Exchange, the
first of its kind in New Zealand which offers a
comprehensive service for buying and selling gold and silver
bullion as well as on-site insured storage. Leading the way
with innovative coloured, silver and gold commemorative
coins, New Zealand Mint is known globally for quality and
design excellence. New Zealand Mint also produces several
ranges of jewellery that cater to many tastes and styles,
including the Boh Runga for New Zealand Mint
collections.
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