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'The Hobbit' Coins And Stamps Coming To New Zealand

October 10, 2012 in are you serious?, cash rules everything around me cream get the money dollar dollar bills ya'll, characters, coins, collectors, damn my brain is struggling, expensive, gold, hobbit, lord of the rings, lotr, metal, money, new zealand, silver, that's too much, they're no glow-in-the-dark dino coins i'll tell you that right now, tourism, travel, vacation, why so expensive

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The New Zealand mint is set to release sets of The Hobbit themed coins and stamps to celebrate...I dunno, making money off all the fans who will buy them. Suckers! The gold coins cost $3,700 ($11,000 for the three coin set), the silver 8 coin set costs $890, and the doodoo brown aluminum/zinc coins will cost $30 ($85 for the three coin set). The stamp set costs $15 and is the only thing I can afford. Or should I say, WILL be able to afford when I get my next allowance. Each coin features a different Hobbit character and an inscription in Khuzdul (the language of the Dwarves) that reads, 'He who dies with the biggest axe wins.' Fine, it just says 'Middle Earth - New Zealand.' Unfortunately, on the other side of every coin there's some old lady's face. "That's Queen Elizabeth." Whoever she is, I don't want her on my Hobbit coins. If I'm dropping all this money on collector's items you better believe I want HOBBIT RELATED IMAGERY ON BOTH SIDES. Cool, a Gandalf coin! And who's this on the other side -- is this one of his witch friends?

Hit the jump for the rest of the coins and the stamps.

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Thanks to abnormal norm, who agrees if a coin costs $3,700 it should at least have a face value above $10. That's just sad.

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There are Comments
  • ZomBBombeR

    I'll get glow in the dark dino coins before I waste money on this crapolla.

  • Hey GW! No dissing the Queen.

  • I fear we may be seeing the birth of a new George Lucas. RESIST IT PETER JACKSON! RESIST!

  • nobody

    Collectable coins are always given a dramatically lower face value than the true value of the product. This is done deliberately so that collectable coins cannot be used as standard currency. The effigy of the Queen is a necessity for the coin to be considered legal tender, which is the goal of any mint; otherwise it will simply be classed as a medallion, with intrinsically lower value. You’ll also notice that the expensive side of this range of these coins are made out of GOLD, which, if you haven’t noticed, is actually quite an expensive material.

    Maybe a little bit of actual research would have injected some merit to your snarky opinion piece disguised as an informative article.

  • It's called humour. You should try researching that.

  • ZomBBombeR

    No shit I hate people trying to correct GW, stop reading then!

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