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Hey guys... hope I got this in the right place.... by chance, after learning about another coin, I ran into this coin.... New Zealand Mints Black Rhino 2014 silver proof coin. Here is the link to the mint http://www.nzmint.com/coins/shop-on...rhinocerosts site - Rhinos are one of my favorite animals after elephants and after seeing the coin and its presentation, I bit on getting one, suckered again  |
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United States
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Link not working but I found a picture and that is a lovely coin!
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Germany
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Seems a little strange that New Zealand would choose a rhino. Many rhinos in NZ? But anyway... I'm in Africa at the moment and saw rhinos, black rhinos are gray and white rhinos are gray...... There seem to be quite a few animal coins around these parts, not sure if any have rhinos, I'd have thought so.
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Canada
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From what I've heard, the white rhinos were called "wide" (or a similar word in a similar language) rhinos because of their facial shape, but some dope heard "white" instead of "wide" and that's how it started.
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Not a New Zealand coin.
No tie between NZ and Rhinos - Black or White.
I think you will find that this coin was made BY THE NEW ZEALAND MINT for the Pacific island of Niue.
I could be wrong but . . . . . .
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It's OK, Donald Duck has nothing to do with NZ, either, and that's their most popular coin!
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Again, I think that the 'Donald Duck' coin that you refer to is in fact a coin from/for the island nation of Niue but was minted in NZ by the NZ Mint. I do not believe that either coin is in fact a NZ coin. My reference is the fact that both coins have the word 'Niue' on them and neither coin has the words 'New Zealand' on them. A number of these tiny island nations bolster their GDP by issuing 'collector' coins and stamps.
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Yes Topcat is right.
... and yea I know theres no rhinos in NZ lol... but look at Germany, they do tons of coins for African countries with elephants, rhinos, etc lol go figure
I cant wait to get this coin!
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Seems a little strange that New Zealand would choose a rhino As Charlie Brown might say: "AGHHHHHHHH!!" The New Zealand Mint is private. It does not produce coins for New Zealand and probably never will. So New Zealand did not produce a Rhino Coin! IMHO the NZ mint is one of the worlds numismatic travesties. |
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I just got it... this is what I like about it-
1- presentation- coin comes in a nice "wooden" crate.
2- The rhino is well made, is not cartoonish, the rhino has nice detail to it and stands out on the coin, its not a busy look but very clean and I appreciate reflection effect they did with the rhino's reflection in the water.. when you step back and look at the coin from above, you can see the effect very nicely
3- the packaging is very nice also, distinct with nice raised lettering and texture to the box.
I give this coin much praise and like that it features rhinos.
If you havent checked this coin out, give it a look.
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