New Zealand's WWI centenary coinage program began in 2014, marking the country's entry into a conflict that would claim over 18,000 New Zealand lives — a per-capita loss rate among the highest of any Allied nation. The program unfolded across multiple annual releases tied to specific campaigns and commemorations through to 2018.
The .9999 fineness places this fractionally above the .9167 of traditional sovereign-weight gold, a deliberate choice for modern proof issues aimed at bullion-adjacent collectors.
New Zealand's WWI centenary coinage program began in 2014, marking the country's entry into a conflict that would claim over 18,000 New Zealand lives — a per-capita loss rate among the highest of any Allied nation. The program unfolded across multiple annual releases tied to specific campaigns and commemorations through to 2018.
The .9999 fineness places this fractionally above the .9167 of traditional sovereign-weight gold, a deliberate choice for modern proof issues aimed at bullion-adjacent collectors.