2002 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set Hector's Dolphin

2002 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set (Hector's Dolphin)

Caractéristiques

Emetteur	Nouvelle-Zélande
Entité émettrice	Poste néo-zélandaise
Atelier monétaire	Royal Australian Mint
Date	2002
Quantité émise	3000
Numéro	N# S2568
Références	KM# MS51 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Description

This 2002 BU Set of coins was minted by The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand & New Zealand Post. The set was packaged in a blister type folding coincard and was inserted in a slipcase.

The set contains six standard definitive coins, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 & $2.

The NCLT $5 coin is celebrating Hector's Dolphin which are distinguished by their rounded dorsal fin, black, grey and white markings, and gently sloping snout. The critically endangers North Island Hector's Dolphin is the world's smallest and rarest marine dolphin, with an estimated population of just 100. the larger South Island populations of Banks Penisula, Southland and West Coast, are also thought to be endangered.