IN MINT CONDITION LIMITED EDITION ONLY 1915 EVER MINTED

1OZ FINE 999 SILVER IN CASE AND SPECIAL DISPLAY CASE NAUTICAL PORT HOLE WINDOW CASE, IN CIRULAR OUTERCASE & COA.

The sinking of the RMS Lusitania 100 years ago is the focus of a 2015 Proof .999 fine silver $2 coin from Niue.

The flames of war were already raging in 1915, but the torpedo attack on the RMS Lusitania was a major incident among several that would lead America to join the war two years later.

The death of 128 Americans, among 1,198 total passengers and crew on a passenger ship sunk by German U-boat, was a major propaganda moment.

Though the British-bound ocean liner was carrying munitions, the attack violated conventions of war.

The New Zealand Mint marks the centennial of the fateful May 7, 1915, attack with a Proof 2015 .999 fine silver $2 coin from Niue.

The coin was announced May 7 2015 and, the piece will become available May 26, 2015

The reverse of the coin shows an engraved illustration of RMS Lusitania steaming across the Atlantic, with the periscope of the U-20 appearing in the foreground, portending the liner’s fate. 

The obverse of the coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. 

The coin weighs 1 ounce and measures 40 millimeters in diameter.

The coin is limited to a mintage of only 1,915 coins.

RMS LUSITANIA 2015 999 SILVERPROOF LIMITED EDITION 1915 NIUE.

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