2017 Star Wars Ships: Snowspeeder - NGC PF70 First Releases

Fifth Coin in the Star Wars Ships Series

Star Wars is an American epic movie franchise centred on a film series created originally by George Lucas in 1977. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as "far, far away" in the distant past, and portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart.

The first film in the series, Star Wars , was released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. It has since been followed by five additional Episodes, with the seventh due to be released in 2015. All six Star Wars films have been nominated for or won Academy Awards, and all were huge box office successes; making Star Wars one of the highest-grossing film series ever.

When stationed on Hoth, the Rebel Alliance modified T-47 airspeeders to become snowspeeders. The T-47 airspeeder is a small, wedge-shaped craft with two forward-facing laser cannons. In its rear arc is a harpoon gun fitted with a heavy-duty tow cable. The snowspeeder is a two-man vessel, with a pilot and rear-facing tailgunner. It took some Rebel ingenuity to create these fast flying conveyances for patrol and defence of their hidden base, and to keep the crippling cold on Hoth from permanently grounding them!

This unique, colored and engraved 1oz silver coin features part of the design blueprint for the T-47 snowspeeders, which were T-47 airspeeders modified by the Rebel Alliance to be fast flying conveyances for patrol and defence of their hidden base on Hoth in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Issued by New Zealand Mint as legal tender of the South Pacific island nation of Niue, the coin’s obverse depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2017 year-date and the monetary denomination.

The T-47 Snowspeeder 1 oz. Silver Coin comes with its high-quality Star Wars branded and stylized inner coin case and themed outer coin packaging. The Certificate of Authenticity sits within the coin case and there is a worldwide limited mintage of only 10,000 coins.

The Star Wars Ship coin collection will feature many of the great ships associated with this cultural phenomenon. Do not delay, start or add to your collection today, as we expect demand will outstrip our ability to supply on this release.

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