Silver Ounce 2022 Dog Breeds - Weimaraner, 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 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 various animals.

This coin is part of the Dog Breeds series of coloured silver coins by the Czech Mint, and features the Weimaraner.

The mint says about it:
Pointers, which were bred for hunting, were mainly used in hunting grounds where small game was present. They were used for this purpose because of their exceptional ability, called displaying or staging: the Pointer follows the scent trail and when it sniffs the hunted animal, it does not attack, but stands in a typical stance. It straightens its tail, raises its front leg and keeps its eyes fixed on the hidden prey, which the hunters with the net then approach and capture.

This genetically fixed behaviour, which is reinforced by training, comes from the ancient ancestor of all Pointers - the Spanish pointer that lived in the 16th century but became extinct. Although today's pointers share a common ancestor, they are a diverse group with different sizes, colours and coat types.