Blog – New Zealand Mint Collection

The second dinosaur coin to feature in our exciting new Dinosaur Collection struck in 1oz pure silver is the tremendous Triceratops. Its name is a combination of the Greek words tri, meaning "three," kéras, meaning "horn," and ops, meaning "face". Triceratops had two massive horns above its eyes and a smaller horn on its snout. It is likely that it used them to charge predators and/or in mating rituals.