Just like the industrious honey bee, this 1oz silver proof coin has a lot to offer.
Highlights
- Minted from 0.999 silver with selective colour
- Features honeycomb partially filled with resin - replicating real honey
- Limited worldwide mintage of just 1,500
- Unique honeycomb shape
- Each coin includes a unique numbered certificate.
Design
The hexagonal shape of the coin is based on a cell of honeycomb in a hive. In the honey-making process, worker bees build a honeycomb structure of cells where nectar and pollen are stored, and larvae develop.
The honey bee is brought to life on the coin with three-dimensional engraving and colour printing. It’s depicted sitting on the honeycomb, which has been partially filled with translucent amber-coloured resin - replicating real honey!
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| Denomination: | One New Zealand dollar |
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| Finish: | Proof with selective colour and resin |
| Composition: | 0.999 silver |
| Weight: | 1 troy oz |
| Diameter: | 46mm x 40mm |
| Edge treatment: | Milled |
| Shape: | Hexagonal |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
| Reverse design: | Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) on honeycomb |
| Designed by: | Hannah Stancliffe-White, New Zealand Post, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Worldwide mintage limit: | 1,500 |
| Mint: | BH Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH |
