A Gift 2022 Tokelau 2 Dollar; Hibernia from my Stacking mentor

The holiday season is winding down with my vacation being more a working one providing some assistive care to my roommate when needed. I relished the extra ‘Me Time’ in the form of extra sleep and a few casual window-shopping afternoons. If only I could be off another week.

“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven

While shop decorations haven’t come down yet I still get that cheerful spirit of optimism that things will pan out despite the gloomy economic picture that is forming in the next year. This private liquor store is doing good business as it has a steady stream of customers file through their front door and they still have the Bitcoin ATM. I picked up a favorite local Pale ale while I was in the area.

Setting the stage.

A Thrift store find is this little wooden knick-knack chest, perfect for select themed coins. I now have a collection of small chests for different coin categories.

@punkysdad is predictable when he called me about pooling a year end order to round out our Stacking goals for 2022. With a spending budget in place, we’d go over our favorite websites picking out the sale items first before selecting out the desired collectables.

We or more I, typically go overboard in the Shopping cart until we start eliminating items from the cart to fit the budget. It’s his way of seeing what I want and gauging my reaction when it gets dumped out of the cart.

He puts the item back in the cart, “This coin reminds me of you twirling your combat spear but not your guitar playing. Merry Christmas Kerris.”

The Re-carted coin is…

2022 Tokelau 2 NZ Dollar Hibernia

Reverse; Hibernia holding a Spear and a Harp.

Text; HIBERNIA 1 oz 9999 FINE SILVER, EM

0.999 Silver, 31.1g

Diameter 38mm, Thickness 2.8mm

At 320 BC, Inspired from Greek geographical literature, Hibernia is the old Latin name of Ireland following the furthest northwest exploration and expanse of the Roman Empire.

Hibernia’s personification or allegory didn’t come about until the 19th century, but it wasn’t originally meant in the true sense of Irish Nationalism but often characterized as a weak and helpless persona always depending upon her much stronger sister Britannia.

History of the Irish under English rule hasn’t been kind up to the 20th century, but it made them for a tough and hardy culture.

2022 Tokelau 2 NZ Dollar Hibernia

Reverse; Queen Elizabeth II Facing right, Guillochéd patterned field.

Text; ELIZABETH II, IRB, TOKELAU 2022 TWO DOLLARS

Edge; Reeded

European Mint, Mintage of 50,000

My first impression of the Hibernia design had me asking is this a Royal Mint product? The answer is no, as it is a product of the European Mint that have been doing custom private minting and retailing of coins since 2013. And they accept payment in Bitcoin, even Dogecoin!

Continuing along, I can best describe Hibernia as Britannia lite as there are many similarities to her “Stronger Sister.” Though more understated than Britannia, Hibernia can symbolically stand on her own feet while retaining her distinct identity under the United Kingdom.

However, Hibernia's design seems to be lacking an accessory besides her Irish harp. Let me throw up a few options that could jazz her up;

White doves fluttering around her.
A Cornucopia of Shamrocks at her feet.
A two handed sword at her side.
A Louis Vuitton handbag.
A Glock 30SF sidearm.
FN SCAR assault rifle slung over her shoulder.
other ___________ Comment down below.

And I just might forward our ideas to the European mint in the New Year.

“What song will you play on your harp, Hibernia?”

Bonus Coin

When I ordered a Dollar face value in silver coin, I was expecting 10-10 Cent coins. I would expect the 10 Cent to be more useful in a grid down situation, so I was surprised to get a Voyager Dollar.

1965 Canada Dollar Voyager

Reverse; Hudson’s Bay Voyager and aboriginal facing right, Island, Northern Lights

Text; CANADA, EH, 1965, DOLLAR

Diameter 36mm, Thickness 2.84mm

0.800 Silver, Weight 23.3g

Lots of luster and in an almost uncirculated condition.

‘Les Voyageur’ representing Canada’s first economy as established by the Fur Trade. The Canoe and river represented the communication lines between Aboriginal and colonial communities that dot the new world waterways.

1965 Canada Dollar Voyager

Queen Elizabeth II facing right

Text; ELIZABETH II D·G·REGINA

Royal Canadian mint, Mintage 10,768,569

Edge; Reeded

Reference KM# 64.1, Schön# 64

The Spear Gals can have their own Treasure chest.

This caps off my Stacking silver for 2022 and I wish all my readers a Happy New Year, with my fingers crossed.

Thank you and Merry Christmas @punkysdad for all your help.

PS. Don't forget, its #hivepowerupday , Powering up 100 Hive!

Adding holiday Silver to my Stack for that big Stormy day!

The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!

References

My own pictures shot with a Samsung SM-A530W

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Sources

Numista; 2022 Tokelau 2 NZD Dollar Hibernia European Mint; Hibernia Silver Coin. Numista; 1965 Canada Dollar Voyager
Wiki; Hibernia
Wiki; Personification of Hibernia Allegory.

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