Issued to mark the All Blacks' third Rugby World Cup title, won in England in October 2015 — the first nation to successfully defend the championship. New Zealand struck this piece through the New Zealand Mint under Reserve Bank authority, a production arrangement that keeps sovereign coinage legal tender while outsourcing the actual minting to a private facility.
The silver weight pegs it to the standard one-troy-ounce collector format, priced well above face value from issue. Genuine circulation was never the point.
Issued to mark the All Blacks' third Rugby World Cup title, won in England in October 2015 — the first nation to successfully defend the championship. New Zealand struck this piece through the New Zealand Mint under Reserve Bank authority, a production arrangement that keeps sovereign coinage legal tender while outsourcing the actual minting to a private facility.
The silver weight pegs it to the standard one-troy-ounce collector format, priced well above face value from issue. Genuine circulation was never the point.