Coin Art - 50 cents NZ`

Well, I have been painting everyday and I'm actually working on the last of the set today !

The 50 cent piece in New Zealand Used to be quite large... now everyone mistakes it for the 20c !
It still has the Endeavour on it though :)
I'm sure I dont have to tell people that the Endeavour was Captain James Cooks' ship on which he mapped much of the coastline of New Zealand (while getting harrassed by the current inhabitants, apparently !!) and then went to discover Australia...

I may touch this up a little...seems a little grey to me :)

Mt Taranaki is in the background on this coin...
I'll replace this with a better pic soon !

All images remain © copyright RA Hammond 2007.

Rachel.