Gold Ounce 2022 Pirates of the Caribbean - Silent Mary, 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.

This coin is part of a New Zealand Mint collection of "premium bullion coins" featuring movie characters and themes, and is the fifth and final in a series dedicated to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The coin's theme is Silent Mary, the ship from "Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales" 2017 film.

The Silent Mary is a three-masted full-rigged ship of the Armada Española, which was under the command of Capitán Armando Salazar. The figurehead represents a woman holding a spear in her hand. The ship's mainsails are decorated with a double eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, with the Royal Spanish coat of arms placed on its breast. The Silent Mary was active in the Caribbean during the Golden Years of Piracy, hunting down illegal pirate ships. However, during the 18th century, the flagship of the Royal Navy of Spain went missing after a fierce naval battle in the mysterious Devil's Triangle. It was not until 1751 that the Silent Mary returned to the Seven Seas as a cursed ghost ship with a crew of vengeful spirits.