Silver coin 1 Oz 2 NZD Harry Potter 2022 Golden Snitch proof

Another silver coin from the series inspired by the Harry Potter film stories presents the magical sport of Quidditch.

Magicians are people like us - they have their worries, but also their joys. Their favourite pastime is a game called Quidditch. Quidditch is not difficult to understand, but it is certainly not easy to play, much less win! There are seven players flying on brooms on each side of the field. Three hitters, two bouncers, one goalkeeper and one catcher have to watch out for three different kinds of balls. The shooters pass a big camral and try to throw it through one of the three hoops that the goalkeeper is defending. There are two smaller bouncers flying around the field trying to knock the opponents off their brooms. Finally, there is the smallest golden snitch that the catcher tries to catch. For every camral scored, a team gets 10 points, but a golden snitch is worth 150 points. The catcher is therefore a key figure in any Quidditch match...

The reverse side of the silver coin is dominated by a gilded image of a golden snitch. In the background, behind the ball with wings, there is the jersey number 07, which Harry Potter uses during matches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The obverse side then presents a portrait and name of the monarch Elizabeth II, the year of issue 2022 and the nominal value of TWO DOLLARS (NZD) - the attributes of the coin's issuer, which is the island of Niue. The coin was minted by the team at the New Zealand Mint with official film licence.

An integral part of the issue is an elegant wooden case with a special mechanism used to display the coin.