2025 Niue $2 Kings of Sting - Tarantula Hawk 1oz Silver Coin
2025 Niue $2 Kings of Sting - Tarantula Hawk 1oz Silver Coin
2025 Niue $2 Kings of Sting - Tarantula Hawk 1oz Silver Coin
2025 Niue $2 Kings of Sting - Tarantula Hawk 1oz Silver Coin

2025 Niue $2 Kings of Sting - Tarantula Hawk 1oz Silver Coin

Regular price $179.00 Sale

“Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair dryer has been dropped into your bubble bath. A bolt out of the heavens. Lie down and scream.”Justin Schmidt, The Pain Index.

Imagine peacefully walking the trails of the Grand Canyon when you see a small bird flying towards you. Playfully, you stick out a finger for the bird to perch but, too late, you realise… that’s not a bird! That’s a gigantic wasp! And then, for what feels like hours, there is only pain… You’ve been stung by the Tarantula Hawk!

The first in a coin series examining the most painful stings of the insect world – the Kings of Sting! – this one ounce, 99.9% pure silver coin features the Tarantula Hawk. Boldly coloured and huge, at 6.5cm in length (slightly bigger than your pinkie finger!), the Tarantula Hawk is so-called because it has a habit of hunting Tarantula spiders!

Limited to just 300 coins ever to be issued.

 

    Specifications
    Monetary Denomination:  $2
    Country:  Niue
    Fineness (% purity):  99.9
    Metal: Silver
    Maximum Diameter (mm):  40
    Minimum Gross Weight (g):  31.1
    Maximum Mintage: 300