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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 222344, member: 4626&quot;]Arrived today... nice coin.&nbsp; I find it a little odd that the New Zealand Post has its logo on the outer box, the COA, and the inner presentation box... maybe Aidan can explain why that is?&nbsp; (I&#039;m aware that New Zealand&#039;s Post is a private organization, but wasn&#039;t aware they had any assoication with producing coinage.&nbsp; Also find it somewhat odd that the coin was actually in fact minted by the Royal Australian Mint, presumably in Australia... is having coins minted outside of the country a relatively common thing for New Zealand?&nbsp; Feel free to educate me on this.&nbsp; I know you said its regular coinage was.&nbsp; Which New Zealand coins are iin fact, minted in New Zealand?)</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait of the Queen looks much better at this size than it does on smaller coins.&nbsp; I suppose the detail spread out over a larger area improves the appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone know what about 28 grams of almost pure silver works out to in troy ounces?&nbsp; Curious about that.&nbsp; (Would seem less than an ounce but still more net silver than a US silver dollar.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Think having the tuatara&#039;s eye be mirrored was a nice touch, rather than having it frosted like the rest of the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall I&#039;m pleased, though it was a bit steep in price.&nbsp; Nice coin, nice presentation, and it got here faster than anything I ordered from the US Mint despite having several thousand more miles to travel, lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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