Silver Half Ounce 2017 HMS Bounty, 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 ONE DOLLAR 2017.

The background is patterned with thin lines radiating from the centre.

The reverse of the coin shows the sailing ship HMS Bounty (also known as HMAV Bounty) under sail, as seen from the back and partially from the left, with the name BOUNTY inscribed on its stern.

Around left and around right, the precious metal content HALF TROY OUNCE .999+ FINE SILVER.

The rim is wide and is styled as the face of a compass, with the letters N on top for North, E on the right for East, S below for South, and W on the left for West.

Finish: bullion (Brilliant Uncirculated).
Packaging: in plastic flip.

The coins were initially distributed through American company Money Metals Exchange, which announced them as being produced by the New Zealand Mint. This seems to be in error - NZ Mint did not make such coins, and the mint tubes that the coins come in are not branded, while NZ Mint usually has its brand on theirs. At the same time, Sunshine Minting was issuing a range of coins for the Cook Islands featuring the HMS Bounty, and other bullion coins for Niue that have the exact same obverse as these Niue coins. In short, we are attributing the HMS Bounty coins struck for Niue to Sunshine Minting.