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New Zealand Post
History of creation
New Zealand Post is a relatively young entity, as it was only established in 1987, and its primary function is to provide postal services within New Zealand. The company is headquartered in the nation's capital of Wellington. How the national postal operator is linked to numismatics?
New Zealand Post works in partnership with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and is also the only official issuer of New Zealand collector coins, which are legal tender in the country. Because New Zealand does not have a national mint, the Central Bank is forced to outsource the production of domestic circulation and collector coins to international mints. New Zealand Post, in turn, serves as the official distributor of collectible coins approved by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
When New Zealand Post wants to issue a new series of collector coins, it analyzes the available options and commissions one of the leading international mints. Over the years, the entity has used the services of m. in.: Royal Australian Mint, The Commonwealth Mint, Perth Mint, British Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, Royal Dutch Mint or BH Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt GmbH.
New Zealand Post also serves as the official distributor of collector bills issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which are generally issued to commemorate important events - but are not issued annually.
Curiosity
New Zealand is one of many countries that do not have a national mint, and as a result are forced to outsource the production of their circulation coins to manufacturers outside the country. Coins currently in circulation debuted in 2006. Several leading mints are responsible for minting them today - the $1 and $2 coins are minted by Britain's Royal Mint, while the 10, 20 and 50 cent coins are minted by the Royal Canadian Mint. In the past, New Zealand has also used the Royal Australian Mint, the Norwegian Mint and the South African Mint Company
Production volume
New Zealand Post is not a mint, but merely an entity that contracts with leading mints around the world to produce coins. The orders placed are very diverse in volume. Many coins, especially gold coins, are not uncommonly ordered in heavily limited series - numbering only a few hundred copies. On the other hand, coins referring to the trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, of which there are indeed quite a few on offer, were generally beaten with an edition of 10,000. copies of. Thus, these are not exorbitant volumes, but it should be noted that there are dozens of different coins in the New Zealand Post's range, and new ones are constantly appearing.
Most popular products
New Zealand Post offers an extremely wide and varied range of coins, gold and silver, including coloured coins. One of the most interesting coins in the collection is undoubtedly the Kiwi series, which debuted in 2004 and was dedicated to the infant, which is one of the symbols of New Zealand. The coin appears in a new edition every year, making it a very tasty morsel for many collectors - especially considering that it is generally minted in series limited to only a few thousand copies.
No less interesting is the Discover New Zealand series, celebrating New Zealand's flora and fauna and breathtaking landscapes. This is a series of one-ounce silver coins that have been further colored to highlight New Zealand's beauty. This collection is also heavily limited. Instead, coins from the aforementioned Hobbit or Lord of the Rings series are offered in much larger volumes. Both single coins and sets of them, packaged in elegant packaging, are available for sale.
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