Mints in the South Pacific Delight Bird enthusiasts

The major mints serving the South Pacific region has produced a plethora of coins that feature birds, and most of the birds enthusists may never see. These coins are easily displayed and can serve as a constant source of seen pictures of these birds to the coin's owner.

Currently the New Zealand Mint offers Kakapo, a great coin. It was produced as a collectible coin New Zealand for 2009 release. This coin is still available at New Zealand Mint. On Valentine's Day White Swan produced to the Government of the Cook Islands are sold out, but the very similar black swan coin titled Love is Precious, produced as a colorized silver coin of Niue is still available.

The Kiwi, a mainstay in the New Zealand Mint, has now ceased production. 

In 2007 New Zealand Mint released one four coin collection for the Commonwealth of Fiji titled Birds of Fiji Silver Proof Coin Set. This set includes beautifully colorized coins illustrates Collared Lory, the Island Thrush, White Collared Kingfisher, and the Blue-Crested Broadbill. Although these coins are sold out at the mint, their pictures and a short but informative article on each still in mint site.

Another series from New Zealand Mint, but also sold out, is the Birds of New Zealand Set. This set was released in 2005 to the Government of the Cook Islands. The coins in this set is at Bird, the Tui, the Yellow Crowned Parakeet, and New Zealand Pigeon. These coins are also beautifully colorized.

Also for the Government, Cook Islands, produced in New Zealand Mint, in 2001, the Asian Wildlife Series. Featured in this series is the Mikado Pheasant, Black-faced Spoonbill, the Indian Pitta, and Pheasant-tailed Jacana. These are also beautifully colorized by the mint.

Other coins issued by the New Zealand Mint featuring birds include Falcon in 2006, Penguin in 2005, and the Taiko in 2004.

The Perth Mint has long produced its Kookaburra series. This series began in 1990 and is still continuing. In 2009 Perth Mint produced a tribute set to the first twenty designs used in their Kookaburra coins. In a rare move, using the old inverted design, but these coins date 2009, which does not disturb the final mintages of the original coins.

The Perth Mint also produced the Birds of Australia series, which began in 1989 with the Kookaburra. This coin was not the same size, or the same composition as all coins in the series that started in 1990. The Birds of Australia Series coins featured in the booklet style holders with informative inserts.