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 movie characters. Some are also in innovative shapes, such as "Chibi".
Chibi (ちび or チビ) is a Japanese slang word describing something short (a thing, an animal or a person). The term is widely used to describe a specific style of caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way: small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads. Coins of this type look like cartoon characters and have their corresponding shape; they are also very thick for their size.
This coin is part of a New Zealand Mint series of Chibi coins featuring famous cinema characters, and is dedicated to Indiana Jones.
The mint says about it: Fully coloured and shaped, the coin resembles Indy as seen in the legendary 1981 adventure film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. He is shown wearing his trademark fedora hat, leather jacket and holding his bullwhip. Relief has been added to bring this iconic hero to life.
Officially licensed, each iconic memento is presented in a striking, themed box which includes a large display window. Printed on the back is a Certificate of Authenticity along with the coin’s unique number.
One in ten coins (distributed randomly) is gold plated. |