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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 43640, member: 1824&quot;]Well,the New Zealand coins of 1981 were also struck at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.There is a very interesting (&amp; extremely rare) mule coin,which has the obverse of the New Zealand 50c. &amp; the reverse of a Canadian Voyageur $1.There are 6 pieces known,</p><p>but they have all turned up in Canada.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course,I have got some of the South African coins dated 1981.</p><p>This was a historic year for both New Zealand &amp; South Africa,as the Springbok rugby team toured New Zealand.It was a tour that caused a lot of protest from H.A.R.T (Halt All Racist Tours) &amp; other anti-apartheid organisations.It also brought New Zealand&#039;s poor race relations to the fore.The 1981 Springbok Tour was the last before the destruction of the apartheid &#039;system&#039; &amp; the return of South Africa to the British Commonwealth.The State President of South Africa in 1981 was Marais Viljoen (who appears on a commemorative&nbsp; 1985 1 Rand coin),&amp; the Prime Minister of South Africa was P.W. Botha (who became State President in 1984).</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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