Silver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1, Coin from Niue - detailed information

Silver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1, Coin from Niue
CoinSilver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1

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).

This coin is the third issue in the Milky Way series by the Czech Mint, and shows the first artificial satellite of Earth, Sputnik 1.

The mint says about it:
The third silver coin in the Milky Way collectible series is dedicated to the vehicle that sent mankind into the space age - a satellite named Sputnik 1. However, this incredible milestone was achieved thanks to not one, but two wars. World War II brought not only hardship to humanity, but also extraordinary technological advances. One of the latest inventions designed to destroy was the rocket. You will recall the dreaded Soviet Katyusha or the legendary German V-2 missiles.

After the war, these technologies were further developed and given another task in addition to destruction - to transport their creators into space. Thus was born the race between the two superpowers - the USSR and the USA - and their two ideologies to see who could conquer space first. This "space race" became one of the key events of the Cold War, and the Soviet Union claimed its first victory on 4 October 1957. The brilliant engineer Sergei Korolyov then sent the first man-made satellite into Earth orbit. The spherical satellite with four antennas, which was carried into space by an R-7 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, was named Sputnik, meaning "fellow traveller". The world stood still - regardless of nationality or beliefs, people hoped to catch a glimpse, if only for a brief moment, of the triumph of human ingenuity. Experts and radio amateurs from around the world listened to Sputnik's signal and helped Soviet scientists gather information about its trajectory. Humanity had its first space traveller, but the race to conquer space was just beginning...

No photographs or computer graphics were used as the subject - the author of the coin created an original watercolour painting.

MintCzech Mint Mint MarkMonogram ČM Total Mintage2,500
Obverse
Niue / Silver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1 - obverse photo

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 1 DOLLAR NIUE ISLAND 2022.

The portrait of the Queen is smaller than usual. Between the portrait and the inscriptions, there are four concentric rings ("humorously representing crop circles") interrupted by a ray of light coming from a cliche depiction of a "flying saucer" in the upper left part. The inscriptions have an early "techno" style.

The mint mark of the Czech Mint - a crowned monogram of the letters ČM (Česká mincovna), is a above right.

Obverse Inscription ELIZABETH II 1 DOLLAR NIUE ISLAND 2022
Reverse
Niue / Silver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1 - reverse photo

The reverse of the coin shows a representation of Sputnik 1 in vivid colours, as it orbits the Earth. In the background, space-related symbols: stars, planet orbits, and a rocket.

In the right field, the inscription SPUTNIK 1.

In the left field, the monograms of the designer Asamat Baltaev.

Reverse Inscription SPUTNIK 1
EdgePlainEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in black leather case with special wrapper, with Certificate of Authenticity in Czech, Slovak and English.
Collection: The Milky Way
Czech Mint Product Code: 76069-718
Date of issue: October 2022
Issue price: 83.00 EUR

See also

Coins in the Solar System and The Milky Way series include:
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - The Sun, 2019
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Mercury, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Venus, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Earth, 2019
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Moon, 2019
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Mars, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Jupiter, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Saturn, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Uranus, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Solar System - Neptune, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, The Milky Way - Pluto, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, The Milky Way - The Milky Way, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, The Milky Way - Sputnik 1, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, The Milky Way - Laika, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Milky Way - Vladimír Remek (First Czechoslovak in Space), 2023

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Silver Ounce 2022 The Milky Way - Sputnik 1: Details
CountryNiue
CurrencyNiue Dollar
Coin TypeSilver Ounce (1 oz)
Issued2022
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
EffigyQueen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley
Face Value1 (x Dollar)
Total Mintage2,500
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
DesignerAsamat Baltaev
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size37.000 mm
Mass31.100 g
OCC IDDKLM-OMKC-XDYB-ONZB
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