Silver Ounce 2021 Comics Superheroes - Batman, 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.

This "Premium Bullion Coin" is the first release in the New Zealand Mint's DC Comics Bullion Coins Series series dedicated to DC Comics characters and themes, and features Batman.

The Mint says about it:
"Since 1940, billionaire Bruce Wayne has been fighting evil in Gotham City as Batman. He has dedicated his life to an endless crusade, a war against all criminals in the name of his murdered parents, who were taken from him when he was just a child. He is not only one of the first and most famous superheroes of the DC Universe, but also a founding member of the Justice League."