2008 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set Hamilton's Frog

2008 - New Zealand - BU Mint Set (Hamilton's Frog)

Features

Issuer	New Zealand
Issuing entity	Poste néo-zélandaise
Mint	Royal Mint
Year	2008
Issued quantity	2631
Number	N# S2580
References	KM# MS62 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Description

This 2008 BU Set of coins was minted by The Royal Mint in Llantrisant 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 five standard definitive coins, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 & $2.

The NCLT $5 coin is celebrating Hamilton's Frog which is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the family Leiopelmatidae. The male remains with the eggs to protect them and allows the tadpoles to climb onto his back where they are kept moist.