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 - for example, two ounces of silver (abbreviated as 2 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum).
This coin is part of The Punk Universe series, and features Cyberpunk.
The word cyberpunk reflects a sub-genre of science fiction. It is characterised by describing a high-tech future in which humans coexist with cyborgs in a virtual reality. The future in cyberpunk is pessimistic, dark, full of moral destruction, where the advanced technology usually causes more harm than good. |