Year: 2022
Mintage: 15,000 pcs
Grade: Brilliant Uncirculated
Manufacturer: European Mint
Country: Niue
Denomination: $2 NZD
Metal Content: 1 troy oz
Purity: .9999 Fine Silver
Diameter: 38 mm

John Rackham made a career of plundering small vessels close to shore once he became captain. He and his crew captured the Kingston, a small Jamaican vessel, and made it their flagship. They made several conquests in the West Indies, taking a couple of large ships off Bermuda. In 1719, Rackham sailed into Nassau in the Bahamas, taking advantage of a general amnesty for pirates to obtain a royal pardon and commission from Governor Woodes Rogers. Rogers had been sent to the Bahamas to address the problem of pirates in the Caribbean who had started to attack and steal from British ships. This coin is the first in the series of Jolly Roger (AKA Pirate Flags) and comes in an acrylic capsule, and it has a very limited mintage of only 15,000 coins world wide