Silver Five Ounces 2020 Red-Back Spider, Coin from Niue - detailed information

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the value: ELIZABETH II · NIUE 2020 · TEN DOLLARS · 5 OZ 999 SILVER ·.

The inscription around the rim also incorporates the precious metal content. "5 OZ 999 SILVER" means "five troy ounces of 99.9% silver".

The reverse of the coin is coloured and shows an Australian Red-Back Spider in its web, with three smaller spiders below.

On the left, on two lines the inscription RED-BACK SPIDER.

Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in wooden presentation box with illustrated outer shipper, with numbered Certificate of Authenticity matching the number on the edge of the coin.

There is no primary information available about this series; it seems that the coins are commissioned by Australian company Downies, with some of the silver coins being struck by the Perth Mint and the gold coins in the series (with the same designs) by PAMP.

Coins in the Deadly and Dangerous series are issued for a number of counties and include (ordered by year / metal / size / country):
- 1 oz Silver, Red-Back Spider, Tuvalu 2006
- 1 oz Silver, Great White Shark, Tuvalu 2007
- 1 oz Silver, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Tuvalu 2008
- 1 oz Silver, Saltwater Crocodile, Tuvalu 2009
- 1 oz Silver, Eastern Brown Snake, Tuvalu 2010
- 1 oz Silver, Box Jellyfish, Tuvalu 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Red-Back Spider (Russian version), Tuvalu 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Great White Shark (Russian version), Tuvalu 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Blue-Ringed Octopus (Russian version), Tuvalu 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Saltwater Crocodile (Russian version), Tuvalu 2011
- 1 oz Silver, Eastern Brown Snake (Russian version), Tuvalu 2011
- 0.5 g Gold, Red-Back Spider, Tokelau 2012
- 0.5 g Gold, Great White Shark, Tokelau 2012
- 0.5 g Gold, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Tokelau 2012
- 0.5 g Gold, Saltwater Crocodile, Tokelau 2012
- 0.5 g Gold, Eastern Brown Snake, Tokelau 2012
- 0.5 g Gold, Box Jellyfish, Tokelau 2012
- 1 oz Silver, Funnel Web Spider, Tuvalu 2012
- 1 oz Silver, Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake, Tuvalu 2013
- 1 oz Silver, Spider-Hunting Scorpion, Tuvalu 2014
- 1 oz Silver, Bull Ant, Tuvalu 2015
- 1 oz Silver, Death Adder, Tuvalu 2016
- 1 oz Silver, Bull Shark, Tuvalu 2017
- 1 oz Gold, Red-Back Spider, Niue 2018
- 1 oz Silver, Dingo, Tuvalu 2018
- 0.5 g Gold, Red-Back Spider, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Great White Shark, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Blue-Ringed Octopus, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Saltwater Crocodile, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Eastern Brown Snake, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Dingo, Solomon Islands 2019
- 0.5 g Gold, Spider-Hunting Scorpion, Solomon Islands 2019
- 1 oz Silver, Lionfish, Tuvalu 2019
- 5 oz Gold, Red-Back Spider, Niue 2020
- 5 oz Silver, Red-Back Spider, Niue 2020
- 1 oz Gold, Tarantula, Niue 2020
- 1 oz Silver, Tarantula, Tuvalu 2020
- 1 oz Gold, Stingray, Niue 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Box Jellyfish, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Funnelweb Spider, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Bull Ant, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Death Adder, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Bull Shark, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Lionfish, Solomon Islands 2021
- 0.5 g Gold, Stingray, Solomon Islands 2021
- 1 oz Silver, Stingray, Tuvalu 2021
- 1 oz Gold, Red-Bellied Black Snake, Niue 2022
- 1 oz Silver, Red-Bellied Black Snake, Tuvalu 2022
- 1 oz Gold, Tiger Shark, Niue 2023
- 1 oz Silver, Tiger Shark, Tuvalu 2023