New Zealand Mint has just released one of the latest coins in its popular, colorized Force Awakens Series of silver coins. Now’s the time to celebrate all-things Star Wars as the feature film franchise returned in 2015 with the first in a new trilogy of feature films. The 2016 1 oz Niue Silver Star Wars BB-8 Coin is available today from JM Bullion with themed packaging.

Coin Highlights:

• Ships to you in a Star Wars themed box and shipper, complete with a Certificate of Authenticity.
• Maximum mintage set at just 10,000 coins for global distribution.
• 4^th coin in the Star Wars Force Awakens release schedule.
• Individual rounds ship in resealable plastic bags.
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
• Issued a face value of $2 (NZD) by the Niue government.
• Obverse includes the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
• Reverse bears the images of BB-8.
• Proof specimen.

Everybody loves a droid, and BB-8 stole the show in the latest feature film from the Star Wars franchise. A versatile and fast little droid, BB-8 was introduced early in the film as the companion of X-Wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron, himself featured on the 6^th release in this series.

BB-8 narrowly escaped the clutches of the First Order when Poe Dameron was captured following a battle on Jakku. BB-8, like R2D2 in the original feature films, holds a vital piece of information for the resistance, but this time it’s the location of the Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker.

On the reverse of all 2016 1 oz Niue Silver Star Wars BB-8 Coin you’ll find three images of the lovable droid. One is captured in brilliant .999 pure silver, while the background images are colorized. In one background image, we see only BB-8, but the other shows him near the end of the film when he encounters C3PO and R2D2 as the story begins to weave together with the past in this iconic franchise.

The obverse of all 2016 Niue Silver Star Wars coins features the right-profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Each of these coins arrives in a Star Wars-themed display box, shipped inside a Star Wars-themed shipper with a Certificate of Authenticity that includes its unique production number.

These coins are one of just many Star Wars-themed coins from NZ Mint right now. There are two separate series in production. The Star Wars Classic series includes silver and gold coins with characters from the original three films, while the Force Awakens Series combines the new characters to the franchise with brilliant, colorized reverse finishes.

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