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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 200, 21 May 1936, Page 8

That the designs on the reverse sides of New Zealand's silver coins possess a value in imparting knowledge of our rare,- native birds lias been shown bv tlie experience of a visitor from California, in the course of the Monterey’s voyage from San Fran eisco he was quickly introduced to two sets of British coinage, namely, Fijian and Aiistralia,n. After their relative values in 1 J monev and getting over the diffiiuitj which nearly every newcomer experiences with the half-crown, he reached Auckland, anti was much interested in the tui. ns shown on the sixpence, and the kiwi, ou the two-shilling piece.