Gold Ounce 2019 Lion King - 25th Anniversary, Coin from Niue - detailed information

Niue, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar is the circulation currency for daily transactions, while the government also authorises legal tender coins in the Niue Dollar currency for collector's purposes.

A number of mints issue a large variety of coins under the authority of Niue. Most of these are commemorative and collector issues dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to Niue itself. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes, including one ounce of gold (abbreviated as 1 oz Au, where "Au" comes from the Latin word for gold, Aurum). Those issued at prices much higher than their bullion value are separately listed in the Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) gold ounce section of the site.

Unlike them, this coin is targeted at bullion investors and was initially released at a price close to the value of its precious metal content.

The first release in the Disney The Lion King series by new Zealand Mint is dedicated to the 25th Anniversary of the famous movie.

Disney's The Lion King is one of the iconic animated films which first released in 1994. The movies won two Academy Awards for the music and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture. The story is about a young lion cub, Simba, and his life through adulthood.