Silver Ounce 2023 Marvel - Spider-Man, Bullion, 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 coins under the authority of Niue. Most of these are commemorative and collector issues 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). Those issued at prices much higher than their bullion value are separately listed in the Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) silver ounce section of the site.

Unlike them, this coin is targeted at bullion investors and was initially released at a price close to the value of its precious metal content.

This premium bullion coin struck from one ounce of 99.9% silver is part of a New Zealand Mint series dedicated to characters and themes from famous movies, and features Spider-Man.

Spider-Man is one of the most popular and important comic book characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, the superhero was first introduced in the comic Amazing Fantasy #15. High school student Peter Parker gained his spider-like superpowers after being bitten by an irradiated spider. Spider-Man is one of the most recognisable members of the Avengers superhero team, along with Thor, Iron Man and Captain America.