Silver Ounce 2012 The Hobbit, Coin from New Zealand - detailed information

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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' 2012 1oz Silver Proof Gold Plated Coin | The Perth Mint

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Buy ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ 2012 1oz Silver Proof Gold Plated Coin at The Perth Mint, featuring: Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver With Gold Plating Bilbo Baggins Reverse Design Limited Mintage – 20,000 New Zealand Legal Tender Presentation Packaging Certificate of Authenticity

“In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit...” This single sentence, coined by J.R.R.Tolkien in the early 1930s, was the beginning of a story that since has taken the world by storm. To celebrate the release of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’, New Zealand Post has released this wonderful commemorative. Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver With Gold Plating Struck from 99.9% pure silver in proof quality, the coin’s reverse features Bilbo Baggins surrounded by a ring of gold plating with the words ‘Middle-earth - New Zealand’ inscribed in English and Dwarvish. Limited Mintage This coin is limited to a mintage of 20,000 coins worldwide. New Zealand Legal Tender Issued as New Zealand legal tender, the coin’s obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2012 year-date. Presentation Packaging Housed is a black presentation box, each coin is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. (s13)

Silver Content (Troy oz): 1
Monetary Denomination (NZD): 1
Fineness (% purity): 99.9
Maximum Diameter (mm): 40.00
Perth Mint Item ID: 12U56AAA
Issue price: AU$ 129.0, US$ 89.92