3076) "The Mythosaur", Niue Island: "The Mandalorian Classic Coin Collection": New Zealand Mint has issued $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Antique Finish (AF) Coins depicting the popular STAR WARS spin-off: Year of Coin issue: 2023:
About the Mythosaur:
"You are a Mandalorian! Your ancestors rode the great Mythosaur."
―Kuiil tells Din Djarin
"According to ancient folklore, the mines were once a Mythosaur lair. Mandalore the Great is said to have tamed the mythical beast. It is from these legends that the skull signet was adopted and became the symbol of our planet."
―Bo-Katan Kryze reading the description of the Living Waters to Din Djarin.
"The songs of eons past foretold of the mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of Mandalore."
―The Armourer
Mythosaurs were creatures of gigantic proportions found on the Outer Rim World of Mandalore.
The Mines of Mandalore were a mythosaur lair. They were tamed and ridden by Mandalore the Great and ancient Mandalorians, but they were believed to have gone extinct long before the Mandalorian cataclysm, although at least one mythosaur survived and lived in the Living Waters during the time of the New Republic.
Its skull was one of the traditional symbols of Mandalorian iconography, and some Mandalorian armour bore the distinctive symbol.
Biology and appearance:
Mythosaurs were sea beasts of gigantic proportions and they could grow to be more than 15 meters (50 feet) in length.
Mythosaurs had yellowish scaly skin with black eyes and bore two large horns on the side of their mouth. They could survive both on land and underwater.
Mythosaurs used their sharp tusks to fight competitors or possibly to catch prey. There are many questions regarding the biology of the mythosaur - was it lumbering as the apex predator in its environment, or was it fast and agile?
Legends tell that long before the Mandalorians had established themselves on Mandalore, the mythosaurs ruled the planet.
The Mythosaur Skull Emblem:
Though considered extinct, its memory lived on in the Mythosaur skull emblem, one of the traditional symbols of Mandalorian iconography, with some Mandalorian armor bearing the distinctive symbol.
The creature shared its name with the mythosaur axe, a melee weapon used by the Mandalorians.
Time of the New Republic:
In 9 ABY (After the Battle of Yavin), the Ugnaught Kuiil was training the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin to ride blurrgs on the planet Arvala-7 and reminded him when he tried to give up, of the fact that his ancestors rode mythosaurs and that blurrgs were easier to ride.
By the rise of the New Republic, songs of eons past in the Mandalorian culture foretold of the mythosaur rising up to herald a new age of the Mandalorian culture.
Indeed, Lady Bo-Katan Kryze discovered one still alive in the Living Waters in the Mines of Mandalore beneath Sundari's ruins while rescuing Din Djarin from drowning after he fell into its depths. Afterwards, she concealed the fact she had seen the mythosaur from Djarin.
She later asked the Armorer to inlay the symbol of the mythosaur on her new pauldron instead of another Nite Owl. When she told the Armorer that she had encountered the mythosaur, the Armorer replied that those who walk the Way see many visions.
A mythosaur skull hung from one of the walls in Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities in Black Spire Outpost, Batuu.
The Coin:
- This exquisite 5oz pure silver coin features the traditional symbol of Mandalorian iconography, the Mythosaur!
The Reverse of the $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Antique Finish (AF) Coin is uniquely shaped and engraved to resemble the Mythosaur skull as seen in "Star Wars - The Mandalorian™".
The antique finish and detailed relief brings this powerful symbol to life.
The Obverse of the $10 (Ten Dollars) Silver Antique Finish (AF) Coin displays the Public Seal of Niue Island.
The inscriptions are - "TEN DOLLARS. 5 OZ. 999 Fine Silver. 2023. C & TM Lucasfilm Ltd."
The coin as legal tender in Niue Island.
The specification of the Silver Coin are:
Country of issue: Niue Island; Year: 2023; Coin Series Theme: "The Mandalorian™ Collection"; Coin Theme: "The Mythosaur"; Denomination/Face Value: $10 (Ten Dollars); Metal Composition: .999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 5.00 Troy Oz; Diameter/Size: 50.00 mm x 65.00 mm; Coin Quality: Antique Finish (AF); Mint: New Zealand Mint; Mintage: 499 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes, The coin is placed inside a high-quality coin case and Star Wars™-themed box; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes, it shows the coin’s unique number in the mintage; Legal Tender: Niue legal tender; Designer: (Obverse) Ian Rank-Broadley.
- The modern, branded packaging is lined with soft velvet to safely secure the coin.
- Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and the coin’s unique number.
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