This set of two coins celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first New Zealand Team’s Olympic Games ahead of the forthcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, scheduled for July/August 2021.
Highlights
- Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the New Zealand Olympic Team and supports their preparation for the Tokyo
- 2020 Olympic Games
- Very low worldwide mintage of 400
- Set of two features one antique finish coin and one proof finish coin.
Design
The first coin in this set depicts the three sports New Zealand competed in in 1920 - rowing, swimming and running. An Art Deco font and antique finish set the coin in 1920. The second coin shows weightlifting, cycling and karate, to represent the present-day games in Tokyo. The coin will have a modern, proof finish to set it in 2020. A fern at the centre unites the coins, along with the NZ Team logo.
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| Denomination: | Two x one New Zealand dollars |
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| Finish: | Proof |
| Composition: | 0.999 silver (1x Silver 1x Silver with (light) Antique Finish) |
| Weight: | 1oz x2 |
| Diameter: | 40mm |
| Edge treatment: | Milled |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, United Kingdom |
| Reverse design: | Coin 1: pictograms of sporting figures participating in three of the sports New Zealand will represent in at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, Fern and NZ Team logo; Coin 2: pictograms of sporting figures representing three of the sports New Zealand represented in at the Antwerp Olympics 1920, Fern and NZ Team logo. |
| Deisgned by: | Nicky Dyer, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Worldwide mintage limit: | 400 |
| Mint: | B.H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH |
