Ghostbusters anniversary wraps up with a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man silver coin

The last of three coins celebrating the iconic comedy movie Ghostbusters, and following on from the crew coin and the Slimer coin released over the last couple of months, this one depicts the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. This very cool movie (the original, not last years crapfest), certainly warrants some cool coins and while these are decent, they’re also quite unambitious.

The standard Perth Mint 40.6 mm, one-ounce, fine-silver coin with colour applied to the reverse face is again in evidence here. It’s a bright and colourful image that will certainly have appeal to fans of the movie, but coin collectors will be all too familiar with format. The obverse is a standard Tuvalu design from the Perth Mint, descriptive inscriptions surrounding the Ian Rank Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.

Packaging is great, avoiding the giant plastic type of design used by Star Trek  and  comes with a serialised certificate of authenticity.  Available now, the coin will sell for $115.00 AUD although plenty of other dealers will get them, including several of our sponsors. The three coin set is now complete – it’s just a little disappointing that at least one coin wasn’t a bit special, just like the movie. Perhaps a domed Ghostbusters logo coin, for example. Still, decent enough.

2017 GHOSTBUSTERS STAY-PUFT PROOF SILVER COIN

MINTS DESCRIPTION

Released in 1984, GhostbustersTM is an American supernatural comedy film that follows the story of three doctors working in the Paranormal Studies Department of Columbia University in New York. After being fired for their unreliable and suspect findings, research, and methods, the three decide to start their own business specialising in paranormal investigations and eliminations known as ‘Ghostbusters’.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is a gigantic paranormal monster featured in the film resembling a bunch of conjoined marshmallows. Stay Puft wore a sailor’s hat and neck collar. Gozer, the shape-shifting god of destruction appears as Stay Puft to attack the city in the final scenes of the film.

 

DESIGN: The reverse of the coin depicts Stay Puft walking along the streets of New York City in GhostbustersTM against the backdrop of a lightening storm. The design also includes the inscription GHOSTBUSTERS. The coin’s obverse depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2017-year date, and the monetary denomination.

PACKAGING: Each coin is presented in a black and green themed display case featuring the words ‘WHO YA GONNA CALL?’ on the outside of the case, within a themed shipper, and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

SPECIFICATION

NAME 2017 GHOSTBUSTERS
DENOMINATION $1 Tuvalu
COMPOSITION 0.999 silver
WEIGHT 31.107 grams
DIAMETER 40.60 mm
FINISH Proof
MODIFICATIONS Colouring
MINTAGE 5,000
BOX / COA Yes / Yes