2018 Niue $2 1-oz Silver Star Wars Emperor Palpatine NGC PF70UC First Releases - Star Wars Label

Pure Evil on Pure Silver – Official Star Wars™ Legal Tender Silver Emperor Palpatine Gem Proofs!

One of the biggest bad guys in all of film history, Darth Vader™ made people cower in fear from one end of the galaxy to the other. So how bad does someone have to be to scare even HIM?! We found out in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi when we were introduced to Emperor Palpatine, the personification of evil and Darth Vader's lord and master. Who could forget Palpatine maniacally torturing Luke Skywalker with lightning unleashed from his fingers – even Vader had to look away! The Emperor was finally defeated when Vader summoned the courage to sacrifice his life and destroy Palpatine and save Luke.

Now, as the internet is abuzz with rumors and fan theories that he will return from the dead in the next installment in the Star Wars™ cinematic universe, the Pacific island nation of Niue has just released a brand new, officially licensed one-ounce silver proof featuring the image of the contemptuously evil Emperor Palpatine ready to inflict mortal agony from his crooked outstretched fingers! In addition, the coin is officially licensed by Lucasfilm and Disney so you know it lives up to the high standards Star Wars fans have come to expect.

This impressive $2 legal-tender one-ounce silver proof is minted in highly-pure 99.9% silver with a mintage of 10,000. It has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in perfect Mint Starte-70 (MS70) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded coin will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. Your coin will also be certified as a First Releases (FR) coin by NGC, meaning that it was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue. Collectors seek out these coins because they are produced with new dies and considered to have sharper strikes and deeper mirrors than those that are struck later. Also, the population of coins labeled First Releases is only a fraction of the total mintage. Finally, your coin will be sonically sealed in an acrylic case with a white display core -- giving you the best in protection while granting clear sightlines into every beautiful detail. Within the case will be an exclusive Star Wars label documenting its provenance.

As any Star Wars fan can tell you, Emperor Palpatine led a double life – one as a respected member of the Galactic Senate, the other as Darth Sidious, a Sith lord who used fear, tyranny and devious political scheming to become supreme chancellor and finally emperor of the galaxy. His greatest crime, however, was how he preyed upon and groomed young Anakin Skywalker to grow up to become the dreaded Darth Vader.

You'd need to be extra strong with the Force to survive an encounter with the vile and nasty Emperor Palpatine. Fortunately, you don't have to risk life and limb to get this coin; all you need to do is click it to your cart!

• FANTASTIC STAR WARS THEME – Emperor Palpatine, who is also the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, is depicted in all of his maniacal wickedness on this gleaming silver coin. It's a worthy addition to Niue's Star Wars-themed series of coins! The obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each 2018 Niue Star Wars Emperor Palpatine Silver Proof is struck in one troy ounce of 99.9% silver.

• LEGAL-TENDER COINAGE – These Star Wars Emperor Palpatine One-Ounce Silver Proofs are $2 legal tender in the island nation of Niue.

• GRADED IN PERFECT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 2018 Niue Star Wars Emperor Palpatine One-Ounce Silver Coin has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in perfect Mint Starte-70 Ultra Cameo (MS70UC) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded coin will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended.

• KEY FIRST RELEASES SPECIFICATION – Your coin will also be certified as a First Releases (FR) coin by NGC, meaning that it was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue. Your coin will be sonically sealed in an acrylic case with a white display core with an exclusive Star Wars label documenting its provenance.

• LOW LIMITED EDITION – The worldwide maximum limited edition for this proof has been set at just 10,000.