In 2017 to celebrate Disney Pixar Cars 3 which was first released in 2006, the New Zealand Mint released a very special Limited Issue Lightning McQueen and Friends $2 Two Dollar Silver Proof 5 Coin Set struck in solid fine .999 Silver each weighing one ounce of pure Silver.
The reverse of the first coin features the hotshot, rookie race car Lightning McQueen, the second coin features Sally, the third coin Tow Mater, the fourth coin Doc Hudson and the fifth and final coin in the series Lightning McQueen and Ramirez while the obverse of all the coins depicts Ian Rank Broadley's portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II . These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage of 10,000 Coins Worldwide
Finished to New Zealand Mints Proof Quality
Struck in Solid Fine .999 Silver Each Weighing One Ounce of Pure Silver
