Coin | Silver Two Ounces 2022 Biblical - The Deluge |
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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). Many of these features characters and themes from legends, mythology or religion, such as this one.
This coin is part of the Biblical Series by Scottsdale Mint and features the Biblical story of The Deluge.
The Book of Genesis (chapters 6 - 9) tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre-creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the survivors would would be saved on Noah's ark.
Ten generations after the creation of Adam God saw that the earth was corrupt and filled with violence, and he decided to destroy what he had created. But God found one righteous man, Noah, and to him he confided his intention: "I am about to bring on the Flood ... to eliminate everywhere all flesh in which there is the breath of life ... ." So God instructed him to build an ark (in Hebrew, a chest or box), and Noah entered the Ark in his six hundredth year, and on the 17th day of the second month of that year "the fountains of the Great Deep burst apart and the floodgates of heaven broke open" and rain fell for forty days and forty nights until the highest mountains were covered to a depth of 15 cubits, and all life perished except Noah and those with him in the Ark. After 150 days, "God remembered Noah ... and the waters subsided" until the Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, and on the 27th day of the second month of Noah's six hundred and first year the earth was dry. Then Noah built an altar and made a sacrifice, and God made a covenant with Noah that man would be allowed to eat every living thing but not its blood, and that God would never again destroy all life by a flood.
The coin has a Proof-Antiqued finish and comes in a Bible Gift Box, with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity with the number matching the serial number inscribed on the edge of the coin. The designs on both sides are "rimless" (there is no border around them, so the design can extend to the edge of the coin).
The designs of the series are based on Bible illustrations in Romanticism style by the famous French artist Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883). |
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The obverse of the coin shows at its centre the crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a pearl necklace, facing right (her effigy known as the "Third Portrait", by Raphael David Maklouf).
The designer's initials are usually incuse in tiny letters on the neck truncation when this portrait is used, but they are not displayed here.
Around above, the monarch's legend: QUEEN ELIZABETH II. Around left, the country name and the face value: NIUE TWO DOLLARS. Around right, the precious metal content: 2 oz 999 FINE SILVER (two ounces of 99.9% silver).
Around below, the date of issue 2022. |
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The reverse of the coin shows the Biblical scene of the Deluge, with survivors clinging to a rock beaten by high waves; at the top of the rock, a mother lioness has saved her cub.
Around below, the inscription reads THE DELUGE.
The design is based on Gustave Doré's 1866 engraving by the same name. |
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Reverse Inscription |
THE DELUGE |
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Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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Notes | Finish: antique. Packaging: in special Bible-like box. Release date: April 2023. |
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See also |
Coins in the Biblical Series include: - 2 oz Silver, Adam and Eve, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, The Death of Abel, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, Destruction of Leviathan, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Jacob Wrestles the Angel, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, The Deluge, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, Noah's Dove, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, Samson Slays the Lion, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, Samson and the Gates of Gaza, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, Death of Samson, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, Moses on the Nile, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, Exodus, 2015 - 2 oz Silver, The Firstborn Slain, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, The Ten Commandments, 2015 - 2 oz Silver, Chariot of Fire, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, David and Goliath, 2015 - 2 oz Silver, Rebuilding The Jerusalem Temple, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, Ezekiel's Vision, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, The Fiery Furnace, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Daniel in the Lion's Den, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, Birth of Jesus, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, The Three Wise Men, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, Baptism of Jesus, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, Temptation of Jesus, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, John the Baptist, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, The Good Samaritan, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, Cast the First Stone, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Calms the Sea, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Walking on the Sea, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus in the Synagogue, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Healing the Sick, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, Resurrection of Lazarus, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Cleansing The Temple, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Praying in the Garden, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, The Transfiguration of Jesus, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, The Last Supper, 2016 - 2 oz Silver, The Judas Kiss, 2020 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Delivered to be Crucified, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, Crown of Thorns, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, Jesus Scourged, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, Nailing Christ to the Cross, 2017 - 2 oz Silver, The Crucifixion, 2015 - 2 oz Silver, The Dead Christ, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, The Ascension, 2018 - 2 oz Silver, Descent of the Spirit, 2022 - 2 oz Silver, Saint Paul Shipwrecked, 2021 - 2 oz Silver, The New Jerusalem, 2015 - 2 oz Silver, The Crowned Virgin, 2019 - 2 oz Silver, The Pale Horse, 2015
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