Silver Ounce 2018 Scrooge McDuck, 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 - typically, one ounce of silver (abbreviated as 1 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum). Those issued at prices much higher than their bullion value are separately listed in the Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) silver 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 Scrooge McDuck coin is part of a New Zealand Mint series of "premium bullion coins" featuring Disney characters.

The Mint says about it:
The Disney Scrooge McDuck 1oz Silver Bullion Coin features an officially licensed image of Donald Duck's popular rich uncle with a bag of money. The coin reverse also features the metal weight and purity, and it has been stamped with the Disney copyright to provide further authenticity. The obverse of the coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.