Hobbit coins

[GrayMouser]

Speaking of things from Middle-Earth...

New Zealand is attempting to cash in on the release of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit films with a set of special-issue coins featuring Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins and other characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic.
The Hobbit coins, including a gold set featuring Bilbo Baggins, Galdalf and Thorin Oakenshield, will be available Nov. 1. The Hobbit coins, including a gold set featuring Bilbo Baggins, Galdalf and Thorin Oakenshield, will be available Nov. 1. (New Zealand Post)

New Zealand Post, which is issuing the coins, is aiming for the collector market with the most expensive of the coins: made from one troy ounce (31.1 grams) of pure gold and selling for $3,695 NZ ($2,957 Cdn).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/20...s.html?cmp=rss

That's a little pricey, but you can get cheaper:

The cheapest coins in the series have a $1 face value, but will retail for $29.90 NZ ($23.93 Cdn) each. In addition to an image of Bilbo shown reading his contract to become a burglar, other $1 coins depict Oakenshield, Gandalf and Radagast together and three of the 13 dwarves in scenes from the film.

All of the coins will be legal tender in New Zealand.