Country Mints Star Wars Coins as Legal Tender

Nuie, an autonomous island nation and dependency of New Zealand, will mint coins bearing the images of Star Wars characters. They will be fully legal tender there:

A set of 40 coins is being produced by the New Zealand Mint.
As legal tender, the coins will have a face value of NZ$2 (£1), but the silver content in each is worth considerably more than that.

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