2018 Maori art coin - Maui and the Sun - Tama Nui-te-Ra Silver Coin Set

greedy Kobold

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Good to see NZ Post being recently so active with the series
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Denomination: 2 x One New Zealand dollars
Composition: 0.999 silver
Weight: 2 x 1oz
Diameter: 40mm
Edge treatment: Milled
Obverse design: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom
Shape: Round
Reverse design: Coin 1: Sun (with gold plating); Coin 2: Māui
Designed by: Dave Hakaraia and artist Elisabeth Vüllings, Wellington, New Zealand
Worldwide mintage limit: 1,500

gold version looks, imho better
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Highlights:
  • 2 x 1/2oz gold coins, one picturing Māui, the other Rā (the sun) linked together by Māui's rope
  • Limited worldwide mintage of just 150 sets
  • Set in an acrylic block, housed within a hand made wakahuia wooden box carved from native New Zealand totara
  • Designed by David Hakaraia and artist Elisabeth Vüllings
source:https://coins.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/2017/maui-and-sun-tama-nui-te-ra
 
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