{"id":111798,"date":"2021-12-23T04:49:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T09:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=111798"},"modified":"2021-12-23T04:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T09:49:36","slug":"more-20th-anniversary-celebrations-from-nz-post-nine-companions-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2021\/12\/23\/111798-more-20th-anniversary-celebrations-from-nz-post-nine-companions-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"More 20th anniversary celebrations from NZ Post: &#8216;Nine Companions&#8217; coin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"intro\">Twenty years have passed since we all first visited Peter Jackson&#8217;s vision of Middle-earth; to celebrate the anniversary of the release of <em>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>, our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2021\/11\/11\/111675-20th-anniversary-celebrations-continue-with-nz-post-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2021\/11\/11\/111675-20th-anniversary-celebrations-continue-with-nz-post-exclusive\/\">NZ Post <\/a>have released a very special coin. Here&#8217;s what they tell us about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NZ Post's twenty dollar coin, showing the nine companions, or members of the Fellowship of the Ring. The image is surrounded by dwarven runes; and in English, we can read 'The Fellowship of the Ring 20th Anniversary Twenty Dollars'. The coin is mostly silver in colour; behind the silver portraits of the Fellowship, New Zealand's mountains can be seen in blue and white, and a blue sky above them.\" class=\"wp-image-111799 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-20_Coin.jpg 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;20 years ago, on 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Dec 2001\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>\u00a0premiered in Wellington, New Zealand nine days after the red carpet was first rolled out for the world premiere in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collectables.nzpost.co.nz\/shop-collectables\/collections\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-20th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/collectables.nzpost.co.nz\/shop-collectables\/collections\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-20th-anniversary\/\">NZ Post<\/a> will release a special coin featuring the members of the Fellowship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cNine Companions\u201d coin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>5oz silver proof coin (Worldwide limited mintage: 300)<\/li><li>1kg silver proof coin (Worldwide limited mintage: 100)<\/li><li>Minted from 0.999 silver, this coin features the nine characters who form the Fellowship in The Fellowship of the Ring. In the film, wizard Gandalf, men Boromir and Aragorn, elf Legolas, dwarf Gimli and hobbits Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin set out on a dangerous journey to Mount Doom in the land of Mordor, the only place where the One Ring can be destroyed to bring peace to Middle-earth. Behind the characters the coin shows a glimpse of the Misty Mountains (the South Island\u2019s Southern Alps). Elvish text surrounds the central image, and the coin is finished with elegant gold plating on the rim. On the obverse, New Zealand is acknowledged as the home of Middle-earth with the fictional land\u2019s name.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NZ Post is the exclusive issuer of New Zealand legal tender commemorative coins, in partnership with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coins have been designed by New Zealand artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sacha.Lees.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sacha.Lees.art\/\">Sacha Lees<\/a>. Lees began her artistic career with a job at W\u0113t\u0101 Workshop working on the\u00a0<em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0trilogy as an illustrator, airbrush artist, creature designer and concept artist. Sacha is a highly accomplished New Zealand artist, who last year won the prestigious Adam Portraiture Award and was the 2020 New Zealand Portrait Artist of the Year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out NZ Post&#8217;s &#8216;Unboxing&#8217; video, below. These fabulous coins are a strictly limited edition, so don&#8217;t miss out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzAPr8WDW88?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty years have passed since we all first visited Peter Jackson&#8217;s vision of Middle-earth; to celebrate the anniversary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":111800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1360,84,5,18,29,20,1359,1837,149,104],"tags":[3670,3720,180,862,883,3668,3671,2010],"class_list":["post-111798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collectibles-shop","category-merchandise-collectibles","category-lotr-movies","category-merchandise","category-fotr-movie","category-new_zealand","category-shop","category-stamps-coins","category-lotr","category-production-weta-workshop","tag-20th-anniversary","tag-coin","tag-collectibles","tag-fellowship-of-the-ring","tag-new-zealand","tag-nz-post","tag-sacha-lees","tag-the-fellowship"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fellowship-of-the-Ring-1_Coin.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-t5c","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111805,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111798\/revisions\/111805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}