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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | agoro CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC 0001/1000 STAR WARS 1 oz 999 PURE SILVER © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. TWO DOLLARS PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 2025 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in vivid full color as a technical blueprint of the Death Star, the fictional superweapon of the Galactic Empire from the Star Wars franchise, presented against a deep blue grid-lined field. The composition depicts a detailed cross-sectional schematic diagram at center left alongside a three-quarter perspective rendering of the Death Star at right, with annotated leader lines identifying key structural and mechanical components throughout the field. A lower legend bar in white lettering reads DEATH STAR at left and GALACTIC EMPIRE SUPERWEAPON at right, separated by the Imperial crest emblem. Red accent lines highlight the annotated components, lending the design a precise, engineering-drawing aesthetic. |
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Niue has operated as a licensing vehicle for collectible coin programs since the early 2000s, with New Zealand managing its currency affairs and the New Zealand Mint producing the bulk of its commemorative output. The arrangement allows intellectual property holders — in this case Lucasfilm, now a Disney subsidiary — to authorize silver bullion issues that carry legal tender status without any expectation of circulation.
The Death Star's original production blueprints were among the prop documents auctioned and authenticated over decades of Star Wars memorabilia collecting. Whether this coin references those specific schematics or a licensed facsimile is a distinction the issuing documentation does not address.