New Zealand - 2003 - $5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin & Stamp Cover - Giant Kokopu

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2003 New Zealand Brilliant Uncirculated Coin - Giant Kokopu

Mintage: 400

The 2003 annual brilliant uncirculated coin is expertly crafted and features one of New Zealand's rarest and endangered native fish species, the Giant Kokopu.

Highlights:

Cupro Nickel brilliant uncirculated coin & stamp cover
Features New Zealand's rarest native fish, the Giant Kokopu

Design:

One of New Zealand’s rarest native fish, the shy Giant Kokopu is the main focus on this annual coin featured in gold plating on a silver proof coin.

Victim of the predatory brown trout and the widespread clearance of its swampy natural habitat, the Giant Kokopu are now only found in the few remaining rivers and lakes free of brown trout.

Also known as the Maori trout, the Giant Kokopu lives up to its name, growing up to 55 centimetres and weighing as much as 2.5 kilograms.

Denomination:	Five New Zealand Dollars
Composition:	Cupro Nickel
Finish:	Brilliant Uncirculated
Weight:	27.22 grams
Diameter:	38.74 mm
Edge treatment:	Milled
Obverse Design:	Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, England
Reverse Design:	Giant Kokopu by Michel McHalick, Wellington, New Zealand
Mint:	Royal Australian Mint
Issue limit:	400