New Zealand to Mint Star Wars Coins for Legal Tender

[6souls]

If you've ever watched the show Flight of the Conchords, you'd know that previous to this post New Zealand was only known for it's toothbrush fence, filming locations for epic battles in Middle Earth, and it's impressive sheep population. In perhaps the most awesome move imaginable to help Europe out as they suffer through their financial crisis (copycats) the New Zealand mint is creating 10 Star Wars coins for use as legal tender in their country (Niue Island actually but we'll give it to them)!

The coins will equal the equivalent of 2 dollars New Zealand currency (which I think right now is currently a potato but I'm not up on my knowledge) and pre-orders are being accepted for the release in November for the low low price of $400 smackaroos American.

In addition to the snazzy Darth Vader case which holds are the dark side characters pictured below, there is also a Millenium Falcon case available coupled with all the Light side characters (who would've thunk?!) . You can visit the New Zealand Mint site and place your order today, or just wait for the 30 more they intend to be releasing within the next year or so and get the whole set!

http://geektyrant.com/news/2011/8/22...al-tender.html
http://lunaticg.blogspot.com/2011/08...ars-coins.html
http://www.nzmint.com/starwars

http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/.../darth-set.jpg
http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...-455-darth.pnghttp://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...-deathstar.png
http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...55-emperor.pnghttp://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...ormtrooper.png

http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...millfalcon.jpg
http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...lukeleia_0.pnghttp://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...5-r2d2c3po.png
http://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...ewyhansolo.pnghttp://www.nzmint.com/sites/default/...55-yoda0b1.png

[Kurokikaze]

...that....is....AWESOME

[BadKarma]

brb moving to New Zealand.

[Zilong]

is it close enough to australia for bird eating spiders subspecies to exist in new zealand?

[Cantih]

Dunno, but they got these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta

Spoiler: show

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eta.750pix.jpg

Australia/NZ takes "Damn Nature, You Scary" into Kerb territory. Everything is devising new inventive ways to kill you horribly.

Spoiler: show

I am personally never getting anywhere near that area except under duress. It's not even on my "get out of the US should it go to hell" list.

[Piroth]

I live in New Zealand and this is the first I've heard about it lol

[Syntex]

You know I don't mind bugs when they are big, its much easier to spot and kill them, but more mess

[Ghost_Wheel22]

I was totally expecting NZ to mint LotR currency before Star Wars.

[Kaisha]

I was kinda expecting them to look more like......money coins, you know?

I was totally expecting NZ to mint LotR currency before Star Wars.

I'd be all over that.

[payu]

:3

[Kryssan]

is it close enough to australia for bird eating spiders subspecies to exist in new zealand?

Yes, though the ones you'd probably be seeing are the black tunnelwebs.... and not the funnelwebs. The funnelwebs in the Australian eastern region are the ones that are terribly aggressive and have a bite that'll kill you within short order, not to mention fangs powerful enough to pierce fingernails or non-steel toed shoes. Tunnelweb bites will just hurt really bad since their fangs are so huge.

[Cantih]

I think he means the infamous picture of that golden orb weaver about to start in on a small bird that got caught in it's web.

[Kerberoz]

"bird eaters" live in South America and only eat birds very rarely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theraphosa

they do like rodents, though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5q5X7GspNo

[solanis]

"geektyrant" needs a proofreader, it seems. or the writer needs to finish high school.

was bg down for anyone else?

[Cail]

brb moving to New Zealand.

^this

was bg down for anyone else?

Yes, like 2 hours

[Plow]

You know I don't mind bugs when they are big, its much easier to spot and kill them, but more mess

anything gross that a bb gun won't kill is at least a little scary

[Ghost_Wheel22]

Visit the Land Down Under and surrounding lands?

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...g/Dropbear.jpg


Fuck that.