| Coin | Silver Ounce 2016 Star Wars - Poe Dameron |
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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 commemorative, bullion and collector coins under the authority of Niue. These coins are dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to Niue itself. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes - typically, one ounce of silver (abbreviated as 1 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum). Many of these feature famous movie characters.
This coin is part of a long running series of Star Wars-related coins by the New Zealand Mint, and features Poe Dameron, a character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The movie The Force Awakens from 2015 is the 7th episode of the Star Wars saga and sets (is a "prequel of") the Return of the Jedi from 1983. The starfighter pilot Poe Dameron fought for the resistance. His droid BB-8 had information about Luke Skywalker. When Poe was captured by Kylo Ren, the droid BB-8 fled with an important piece of card and met scrap collector Rey. |
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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 TWO DOLLARS 2016.
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The reverse of the coin shows Poe Damon, a character from the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens; in the background, a coloured image of Poe Damon again, and other characters from the movie.
At centre below, the logo of the franchise: STAR WARS TM.
Around below, the precious metal content: 1 oz 999 Fine Silver (one ounce of 99.9% silver) followed by the copyright acknowledgement: © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd.. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
STAR WARS TM 1 oz 999 Fine Silver © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in acrylic block and themed box, with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. |
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| See also |
Coins issued for Niue in 2016 and featuring Star Wars themes include:
- 1 oz Gold Proof, Darth Vader
- 1 oz Gold Proof, Han Solo
- 1 oz Gold Proof, Yoda
- 1 oz Gold Proof, R2-D2
- 1 oz Gold Proof, Princess Leia
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, Darth Vader
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, Han Solo
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, Yoda
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, R2-D2
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, Princess Leia
- 1 kg Silver Proof, Darth Vader
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Darth Vader
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Han Solo
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Yoda
- 1 oz Silver Proof, R2-D2
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Princess Leia
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Poe Dameron
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Finn
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, BB-8
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Rey
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Captain Phasma
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Kylo Ren
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