2022 Marilyn Monroe Icon Tokelau 1oz Silver Bullion Coin

The 2022 Marilyn Monroe Icon Tokelau 1oz Silver Bullion Coin comes in an individual protective Coin capsule

COIN INFORMATION

Tokelau, known previously as the Tokelau Islands, is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It uses the New Zealand Dollar as circulation currency, but has been issuing a variety of non-circulating coins since 1978, and has also authorised some foreign mints to issue bullion coins under its jurisdiction. The silver ounce (abbreviated as 1 oz) is an internationally popular format, and is denominated as Five Dollars.

This is the third design in the Icon series issued by the Pressburg Mint, and features Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) – a famous American actress, singer, and model. The mint says about the series:
Icon in its many meanings – as a Greek word for image, as a work of art, as a characteristic of a famous person or a thing that represents something of importance.

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era’s sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The obverse of the coin shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the “Fourth Portrait”). The Queen wears the “Girls of Great Britain and Ireland” diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty’s grandmother) in 1947 – which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits. In small letters below the head, the artist’s initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch’s legend, the date of issue and the value: TOKELAU 5 DOLLARS 2022 1 OZ FINE SILVER ELIZABETH II. The inscription also includes the metal content – “1 oz silver” means “one troy ounce of silver”. The background is patterned with fine dots; the rim features a series of concentric circles made up of dots in diminishing sizes. The date of issue 2022 is divided by the portrait. Divided year of issue is one of the distinguishing features of the historical Pressburg Mint, after which the modern mint is named.

The reverse design consists entirely of a textured surface of thin lines. These display a latent image of American actress Marilyn Monroe, and the word ICON.

2022 Marilyn Monroe Icon Tokelau 1oz Silver Bullion Coin

Manufacturer: Pressburg Mint
Dimensions: 38.6 mm
Weight (grams): 31.1
Mintage: 20,000
Fineness: 999

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Each 1 ounce bullion coin will be delivered in an individual coin capsule by fully insured royal mail
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