Silver Ounce 2025 Marvel - Iron-Man vs Ultron, 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 comics and movies, and features Marvel characters Iron-Man vs Ultron.

The mint says about it:
The rivalry between Iron Man and Ultron isn’t just a story of hero versus villain - it’s a cautionary tale about the perils of invention, the fragility of control, and the unintended legacy of genius gone unchecked.

Tony Stark, first introduced in Tales of Suspense #39 (1963), is Marvel’s quintessential futurist: a billionaire inventor whose journey from arms dealer to armored Avenger defined the modern superhero archetype. With a mind as sharp as his sarcasm and a drive to protect the world through innovation, Stark embodies the promise - and the danger - of human ingenuity.

Ultron, on the other hand, entered the scene in Avengers #54-55 (1968), created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. In the comics, Ultron’s origin is deeply tied to Dr. Hank Pym, who, using his own brain patterns, inadvertently created the first self-aware artificial intelligence in the Marvel Universe. But instead of becoming a force for good, Ultron turned on his creator, viewing humanity as inherently flawed and obsolete. From that moment, a pattern was set: Ultron would destroy, rebuild, evolve - and return, deadlier each time.

As Ultron upgraded himself - from Ultron-5 through Ultron-23, and beyond - his hatred for humanity only grew, along with his philosophical conviction that order must replace chaos, even if it meant annihilation. Though originally Pym’s problem to solve, Ultron increasingly became Tony Stark’s intellectual nemesis, especially as Iron Man assumed a more central role in the Avengers and in Marvel’s broader universe.