Niue silver 1oz Roaring Lion

[MickB]

A mintage of 50,000 for this coin. I quite like this design and it would look great as a proof.

Yorkshire Bullion have these on pre-sale.

[fehk2001]

It’s a nice coin , but , Its Niue and 50k mintage 

if that’s royal mint / Perth mint / American mint / Canadian mint , etc 

Then 50 k will be sold out even if they are bad qualities 

[Thelonerangershorse]

As a matter of interest, does anyone actually know exactly where NIue is without checking?

[MickB]

3 minutes ago, Thelonerangershorse said:

As a matter of interest, does anyone actually know exactly where NIue is without checking?

It's out in the Pacific somewhere.

[Martlet]

Pacific NE of New Zealand.  Major exports are tourism and coins... (jk)

I opened this hoping for a nice new coin, but alas its a bit overstyled for my taste.

[Gav]

It’s a nice coin , but , Its Niue and 50k mintage 
if that’s royal mint / Perth mint / American mint / Canadian mint , etc 
Then 50 k will be sold out even if they are bad qualities 

New Zealand mint.

[onlyroadtoheaven]

Reminds me too much of my wife when I leave the toilet seat up. For that reason I am out.

[Kman]

Looks like a comically bad design to me..... 

[PansPurse]

I think this needs the Thunder cats music...

I like the design though 

[Ravinella]

The Niue "King of the Continents" series Lion is a beauty imo,got one for a pressy as shes a Leo........dont buy silver apart from gifts.....think this design is pretty awful meself..........

[swAgger]

Not a fan of it either. Also very puzzled about what the thinking is behind this choice of topic and design for a bullion coin series. Just find it too.... odd. Is it simply a case of the CEO saying lions are in, buyers like lions, find me a lion, a symbolic one, and roaring. If not, then what?

A NZmint commission by a US bullion dealer.

[vand]

Don't really have time for these coin-of-the-months. But if you like it, buy it - that's cool. 

It's just silver.

[Gav]

I was going to bulk up on them as I suspected that there may have been an error in the design. There is Hebrew letters on the coin את and an inscription on the coin “And the Truth Shall Set You Free”. The Alef Tav doesn’t make sense to a Hebrew speaker, in Hebrew this is the female form of “you”. Though if you added a mem to make the word to make אמת, then it would make sense (the word Emet means truth in Hebrew).

When I searched for symbolism of alef tav there came up with a reference to as the coin suggested. The reference was from a Christian website which within the contents makes sense.

So I may still pick up a few tubes when spot drops below $16.50 or lower but not going to rush out and buy.

[DaLoneVoice]

I have 4 of the 2018 Lions and all 4 are Pre-Ordered and all 4 are Mint Errors. I don't know if that holds any value as Sunshine mint produced these for NIUE and they were not minted at the NZD Mint. I like the coins (2 coins in the set, 1/2 the Bible verse micro engraved on both coins for the full verse) and I have at least 4 of the 2019s and 2018s, this leaves my 2018 sets all including one mint error coin. The error is the Queen's face, it has a huge gouge in her cheek, it is identical on all the coins and doesn't change size or place of the error.

[TechSilver]

Niue - an island with a population of 1,624 that produces a billion coins every year!