The New Zealand Mint has released a new silver coin design for the small South Pacific island of Niue, and this limited-issue coin is a must-have for investors and collectors alike. The Double Dragon silver coin design features competing dragons in a chase for the flaming pearl of wisdom. Right now, 2018 5 oz Niue Silver Double Dragon Coins are available to purchase online from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
- Arrives inside an individual plastic capsule, sheets of 10 coins, or master boxes with 60 coins total!
- 1st year of issue for the Niue Silver Double Dragon Coins!
- Contains 5 Troy oz of .999 pure silver in BU condition.
- Bears a face value of $10 (NZD) backed by the government of Niue.
- Obverse includes the image of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Reverse features a depiction of two dragons in pursuit of a pearl.
Each 2018 5 oz Niue Silver Double Dragon Coin available here represents the larger of two coins available in the new Double Dragon design issue. The 5 oz coins are available for individual purchase, with multiples shipped in sealed sheets of 10 coins. Master boxes containing 60 coins are also available, with 6 sheets of 10 coins packaged inside the box.
Chinese culture suggests that excellent and outstanding people are associated with the dragon, while people deemed incapable or who have no achievements are compared to other, lower creatures. The dragon is important in Chinese mythology and folklore, spreading across East Asian culture as a whole.
The obverse of all 2018 5 oz Niue Silver Double Dragon Coins includes the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. This right-profile portrait is the fourth-generation design used on British and commonwealth coinage. Created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley, it is one of the latest designs of Her Majesty during her impressively long reign as Queen of England.
On the reverse of the Niue Silver Double Dragon Coins is the depiction of two Chinese dragons. The dueling dragons, both designed in traditional Chinese visions as snake-like beasts with four legs, are featured around a flaming pearl. In this case, the pearl is the pearl of wisdom, but the pearl is also associated with immortality and energy.
The New Zealand Mint has connected the two sides of the Double Dragon coin with a unique, reverse-scalloped design frame around the very edge of the design field. This recreates the look of dragon scales.
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