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 famous movie characters.
This coin was issued to mark the release of the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. The film, which is the the seventh film adaptation about the Autobots, appeared at cinemas on 6 June 2023.
With "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" Hasbro is following up on the success of the previous six Transformers movies from 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018. The action film tells the story revolving around the rise of Optimus Prime as the leader of the Autobots, as well as the battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. In the process, the film introduces not only familiar faces, but also three completely new Transformer factions - the Predicons, Maximals and Terrorcons - which are also drawn into the ancient conflict. |
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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 date of issue 2023. |
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