2013) Sonic The Hedgehog, Niue Island: 30th Anniversary of the popular Japanese Video Game Series owned by SEGA: A$1 & $2 (One and Two Australian Dollars) Coins issued by APMEX featuring various characters from the Gaming Series: Year of Coin issue: 2021:
Sonic The Hedgehog:
Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created and owned by Sega.
The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main Sonic the Hedgehog games are platformers mostly developed by Sonic Team; other games, developed by various studios, include spin-offs in the racing, fighting, party and sports genres.
The franchise also incorporates printed media, animations, a 2020 feature film, and merchandise.
The first Sonic game, released in 1991 for the Sega Genesis, was developed after Sega requested a mascot character to compete with Nintendo’s mascot Mario.
Its success helped Sega become one of the leading video game companies during the fourth generation of video game consoles in the early 1990s.
Sega Technical Institute developed the next three Sonic games, and the spin-off Sonic Spinball (1993).
After a hiatus during the unsuccessful Saturn era, the first major 3D Sonic game, Sonic Adventure, was released in 1998 for the Dreamcast.
Sega exited the console market and shifted to third-party development in 2001, continuing the series on Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation systems.
While Sonic games often have unique game mechanics and stories, they feature recurring elements such as the ring-based health system, level locales, and fast-paced gameplay.
Games typically feature Sonic setting out to stop Eggman’s schemes for world domination, and the player navigates levels that include springs, slopes, bottomless pits, and vertical loops.
While Sonic and Eggman were the only characters introduced in the first game, the series would go on to have a large cast of characters; some, such as Miles “Tails” Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and Shadow the Hedgehog, have starred in spin-offs.
The franchise has crossed over with other video game franchises in games such as Mario & Sonic, Sega All-Stars, and Super Smash Bros.
The Genesis Sonic games have been described as representative of the culture of the 1990s and listed among the greatest of all time.
Present Day:
Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega’s flagship franchise and one of the bestselling video game franchises, selling over 140 million by 2016 and grossing over USD $6 billion as of 2020.
Series sales and free-to-play mobile game downloads totalled 1.14 billion as of 2020.
The Coin:
APMEX has brought out this new range of celebratory coins on Sonic The Hedgehog celebrating the 30th Anniversary of this popular Gaming Series:
The Reverse of the $2 (Two Dollars - AUD) Silver Bullion Coin features Sonic The Hedgehog in the centre.
At right is the 30th Anniversary logo. At the bottom is inscribed - "SONIC THE HEDGEHOG".
Doctor Eggman - Coloured Variant.
Miles "Tails" Prower - Coloured Variant.
Three Variants of the Silver Coins have been issued:
1) The specifications of the first variant are:
Country of issue: Niue Island; Year: 2021; Denomination/Face Value: $1 (One Dollar - AUD); Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.107 grams; Diameter/Size: 40.6 mm; Coin Quality: Bullion; Mintage: 50,000 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: No; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No.
2) The specifications of the second variant are:
Country of issue: Niue Island; Year: 2021; Denomination/Face Value: $2 (Two Dollars - AUD); Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 2.0 Oz or 62.213 grams; Diameter/Size: 40.5 mm; Coin Quality: Bullion; Special Modifications: High Relief; Mintage: 1,500 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes.
3) The specifications of the third variant are:
Country of issue: Niue Island; Year: 2021; Denomination/Face Value: $2 (Two Dollars - AUD); Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 2.0 Oz or 62.213 grams; Diameter/Size: 40.5 mm; Coin Quality: Bullion; Special Modifications: High Relief; Mintage: 1,500 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes.
This variant is presented in a box with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA), while the former is sold either encapsulated, or in one of the APMEX TEP slabs.
Also available are four coloured bullion coins with unique designs, featuring Sonic, and three other characters from the franchise, each with a 3,000 mintage.
5) Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), Niue: First Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series" minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue: Date of Coin issue: 01/2020
6) Nikola Tesla, Niue: Second Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series" minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue : Date of Coin issue: 03/2020
7) Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Niue: Third Silver Coin with a denominational value of 1 NZD (One New Zealand Dollar) in "Geniuses of the 19th Century Coin Series", minted by the Czech Mint on behalf of Niue: Date of Coin issue: 07/2020
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7) Michelangelo's "Pieta", Vatican City: New Copper Coin Series titled "Art and Faithy": A 10 Euro Copper Coin minted by the "Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato" (IPZS) on behalf of the "Ufficio Filatelico e Numismatico Governatorato della Cotta del Vaticano": Coin issue date: 05.03.2020
8) Ancient Postal Routes, Vatican City State: EUROPA 2020 Theme: Two stamps of 1.10 Euro and 1.15 Euro issued by the Ufficio filatelico e Numismatico -Governatorato, Vaticano featuring Ancient Postal Routes emanating from the Vatican City State during the 6th & 11th Centuries AD
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