Silver Three Kilos 2021 Charles IV - Husband and Father, 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 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 based on the troy ounce, but some are in the metric system and go to the very large size of three kilograms (3 kg) of silver.

This premium bullion coin highlights Bohemian King Charles IV, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in his role of husband and father.

The Mint says about it:
King Charles IV was married a total of four times. These were classic medieval dynastic marriages, and diplomacy always played a key role in the selection of the bride. The first wife of the Father of the Fatherland was named Blanche of Valois. The young man had a true romantic love for her and they had two daughters together. But when the Queen died, Charles was forced to marry a second time. Anne of Bavaria bore him a longed-for son, but the boy did not live to be two, and his mother died soon too. Less than four months after Anna's death, Charles married again. His bride, Anne of Swidnica, was only fourteen years old and had originally been promised to his deceased son. The third wife secured the Father of the Fatherland's influence over Silesia, gave birth to another daughter and finally to the male heir - the future King Wenceslas IV.

The birth of his son was a personal event, but the news of his birth was followed closely by the whole of Europe. The father's wish to christen the boy Wenceslas had its reasons - he himself had been christened with this name, he was a great admirer of the legacy of St. Wenceslas, and last but not least he wanted to emphasise that the Luxembourg family continued the Czech dynastic tradition.

After the death of Anna of Swidnica, Charles IV married again. He fathered with Elizabeth of Pomerania another son whose name has gone down in history - Sigismund of Luxembourg.