Here's an example of the interesting things world mints are doing with coining technology. This Mint News Blog article by Michael Alexander (published February 13,
2018) discusses New Zealand's newest honeybee coin. -Editor
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand have unveiled (13th February) their second collector coin which focuses on the country’s lucrative honey industry. Following on the huge success of the Reserve
Bank’s release of their first honey bee coin last year, a second coin is to be issued which features the golden nectar from the manuka honey bee and its extraordinary product.
The collector’s coin is produced by the B.H. Mayer’s Mint GmbH at their facilities in Bavaria, Germany, and is designed by Jonathan Gray of the New Zealand Post. The hexagonal shape has been used
again as it represents honey bees and the actual honeycombs they use for storage. Coloured resin is used to depict the rich, golden colour of manuka honey, and can be seen dripping from a wooden
dipper. A digitally printed honey bee is perched on a whitish-pink manuka flower. Other engraving techniques give further depth to the coin’s detailed design.
The obverse side depicts HM Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. This effigy has been used on all circulation and many collector and commemorative coins of New Zealand since
1999.
To read the complete article, see:
New Zealand: Latest honeybee collector coin unveiled features manuka
honey (http://world.mintnewsblog.com/2018/02/new-zealand-latest-honeybee-collector-coin-unveiled-features-manuka-honey/)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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