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5 Dollars - Charles III San Diego Padres
| Issuer | New Zealand Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | TM FIVE DOLLARS PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI FIVE DOLLARS NIUE · 2025 3 OZ 999 FINE SILVER NEW ZEALAND MINT / MLB 2025 |
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The San Diego Padres have no geographic or historical connection to New Zealand, which makes this issue exactly what it is: a licensed bullion product sold to American sports collectors through a mint with no domestic circulation obligations and therefore no restrictions on novelty licensing. The New Zealand Mint has operated this way for decades, producing legal tender coins for Pacific island nations — Niue most frequently — that exist purely as collectibles.
Charles III's effigy appears on the obverse by virtue of New Zealand's status as a Commonwealth realm, making him the nominal issuing authority for a coin no New Zealander will ever spend.