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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed high-relief depiction of the young Anakin Skywalker seated at the controls of his podracer during the Boonta Eve Classic race, as depicted in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The figure, rendered in fine sculptural detail, wears a leather racing helmet and goggle visor, gripping the twin throttle levers of his podracer cockpit in the lower field. The intricate mechanical components of the podracer's instrument panel are rendered with exceptional precision in the lower portion of the field. The legend 1 oz 9999 Fine Gold © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. appears incused along the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has operated as a reliable licensing vehicle for foreign IP since the 1990s, issuing legal tender under a longstanding arrangement with New Zealand that allows the island's government to generate revenue through collector coins without maintaining a conventional mint. The Star Wars licensing agreement with Disney — inherited after the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm — has produced dozens of issues across multiple mints, with the New Zealand Mint handling this series.
One troy ounce of .9999 fine gold in a pop-culture issue is an unusual pairing, but the market for it is real and distinct from traditional numismatics.