This limited-edition set features New Zealand’s iconic currency coins in magnificent proof quality. Each coin is specially dated 2025, and there are only 500 available worldwide. These are the second issuance of commemorative New Zealand currency coins to feature a portrait of King Charles III on the obverse.
Highlights
- Featuring the official Commonwealth effigy of King Charles III by Dan Thorne
- Low worldwide limited mintage of 500 sets
- Features all five of New Zealand’s currency coins
- Minted to the finest quality proof finish
- Displayed in a beautiful pack featuring an image of the Canterbury Plains
- Each coin is specially dated 2025.
Design
New Zealand’s Māori culture is a vital part of our national identity. The 10-cent coin features a Māori carved mask, known as a ‘koruru’, with rafter patterns. Traditionally, a koruru is carved into the gables of the meeting house and is seen as the ‘guardian of the house’.
The 20-cent coin portrays an 18th century carving of Māori leader, Pukaki. After his passing, he was depicted in a carving that featured as part of a gateway to strengthen Ohinemutu in preparation for attack. The carving today can be viewed in the entrance to the Rotorua District Council building.
The 50-cent coin features the HMS Endeavour, the ship Captain Cook arrived on when he became the first Briton to reach New Zealand in October 1769.
New Zealand’s wildlife is celebrated on the one- and two-dollar coins. The one-dollar coin features New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, and the two-dollar coin features the kōtuku (white heron). In Māori oratory, referring to someone as a kōtuku is the highest compliment, as kōtuku are considered beautiful and rare.
This coin set has been issued alongside the 2025 New Zealand Proof Currency Set, which features the five currency coins alongside a 1oz version of the 2025 New Zealand Annual Coin. Click here for more information.
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New Zealand Two Dollars (NZD $2)
Composition: | Brass |
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Weight: | 11.25g |
Diameter: | 26.50mm |
Edge treatment: | Milled with a channel with ten raised beads |
Shape: | Round |
Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
Reverse design: | The kōtuku (white heron) |
Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand One Dollar (NZD $1)
Composition: | Brass |
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Weight: | 8.60g |
Diameter: | 23.00mm |
Edge treatment: | Eight alternate segments, four milled and four plain |
Shape: | Round |
Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
Reverse design: | New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi |
Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 50 Cents
Composition: | Copper-nickel |
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Weight: | 5.60g |
Diameter: | 24.75mm |
Edge treatment: | Un-milled |
Shape: | Round |
Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
Reverse design: | The HMS Endeavour with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance |
Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 20 Cents
Composition: | Copper-nickel |
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Weight: | 4.45g |
Diameter: | 21.75mm |
Edge treatment: | Spanish flower |
Shape: | Round |
Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
Reverse design: | A carving of an 18th century Māori leader called 'Pūkākī' |
Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |
New Zealand 10 Cents
Composition: | Copper |
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Weight: | 3.70g |
Diameter: | 20.50mm |
Edge treatment: | Un-milled |
Shape: | Round |
Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
Reverse design: | A Māori carved mask or 'kōruru' with Māori rafter patterns |
Mint: | Royal Dutch Mint |