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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#6192 |
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| Reverse description | High-relief antiqued silver depiction of the three principal characters from the film The Matrix: Trinity (left), Neo (center), and Morpheus (right), each wearing their iconic dark sunglasses and rendered in finely engraved detail against a field filled with cascading Matrix code characters in katakana and alphanumeric symbols. The lower portion of the field features selective green coloring evoking the digital environment of the film. The stylized title THE MATRIX appears in large green-colored lettering across the lower center, with the copyright and trademark inscription © & TM WBEI (s22) in the exergue. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has functioned since the 1990s as a licensing vehicle for the New Zealand-administered territory's sovereign minting rights, generating revenue through pop-culture bullion issues that far exceed the island's GDP contribution from any other export. This piece is part of that arrangement — Warner Bros. licensed imagery tied to the franchise's 1999 theatrical release, with the coin program issued decades later as collector bullion rather than circulating currency.
The 2 troy oz format places it in a category of issues designed explicitly for display rather than stacking.