| Coin | Silver Ounce 2023 Chibi - DC Comics: Robin |
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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 series featuring DC Comics characters, and represents Batman’s crime fighting partner, Robin.
One in ten coins (distributed randomly) is gold plated. |
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| Obverse | |
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The obverse of the coin features the official Public Seal of Niue.
It has an inner circle of hiapo designs, representing the fonua (land), within which are stylised designs of a tree, representing life and tagata Niue (the people of Niue), surrounded by an outer circle in the form of a traditional Niuean garland of 14 seashells (representing the 14 villages of Niue), and crowned with St Edward's Crown (of the United Kingdom), representing the sovereign as head of state.
Around above between the two circles, the inscription PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE. Below, a ribbon carries the motto ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI on two lines (meaning "God, Niue Eternally"), below which two crossed katoua (Niue fighting clubs).
Around above, the face value TWO DOLLARS. Around below, the year of issue 2023.
In the lower part, the precious metal content: 1 oz 999 Fine Silver (one troy ounce of 99% silver), below which the copyright notice ROBIN © & TM DC (s23). |
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The reverse is coloured and represents, in Chibi cartoon style, DC Comics character Robin.
There is no inscription. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
(none) |
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| Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in themed box, with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Release date: 18 June 2023.
Release price: US$ 99.00. |
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| See also |
Niue coins featuring Batman and related characters and themes (ordered by metal / size / year):
- 1 oz Gold Bullion, Batman, 2021
- 1 oz Gold Proof, Batman, 2022
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof, Batman, 2022
- 5 oz Silver Rectangle, Batman #251 Comic, 2024
- 3 oz Silver Proof, Batman, 2022
- 2 oz Silver Shaped Ultra High Relief, Batman Mask, 2020
- 2 oz Silver Chibi, Batman in Batmobile, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured, Batman - TV Show, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2020
- 1 Silver Antique Coloured, 1966 Batmobile, 2021
- 1 Silver Antique Coloured, 1989 Batmobile, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured Shaped, Batman Logo, 2021
- 1 Silver Antique Coloured, 1997 Batmobile, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Bullion, Batman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, Batman, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured Shaped, Batmobile, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured Shaped, The Batman Movie, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof Coloured Shaped, Faces of Gotham - Batman, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Rectangle, Batman Day, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Rectangle, Batman #1 Comic, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Rectangle, Detective Comics #27 - Batman, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Robin, 2023
- 5g Silver Coloured Foil, Batman Anniversary, 2019
Coins in the Chibi Coin DC Comics Series include:
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, The Joker, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Green Lantern, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, The Flash, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Wonder Woman, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Superman, 2020
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Harley Quinn, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Catwoman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Aquaman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Supergirl, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Superman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Wonder Woman, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Cheetah, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Deathstroke, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Green Arrow, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, The Riddler, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Catwoman, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Black Adam, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Aquaman, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Aquaman - ORM, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Aquaman - Black Manta, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, The Flash, 2023
- 1 oz Silver Chibi, Batman - Robin, 2023
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