Our updating of various Coin Series Profiles continues today, with another pair of coins added to the New Zealand Mint’s copious, and quirky range of pop-culture parodies. For those unaware, Chibi is based on the Japanese art-style called super-deformed, whereby a character is depicted with a huge, outsized head.

There are now over 150 coins in this series, quite some feat given it’s only four years old, and for ease of collection, they’re divided into numerous themed subsets, such as Marvel Comics, Star Trek, and Harry Potter. The two biggest subsets are Star Wars, and DC Comics, and it’s these two that gain new additions this month. Grand Admiral Thrawn joins Star Wars (actually the sub-subset ‘Ahsoka’), and Poison Ivy lines up with the DC pantheon.

Both also have the 10% chance of getting a fully gilded variant. The boxes are sealed, so you won’t know if you have one until it’s opened. Gilded coins carry a big premium on the secondary market, but we can’t say we’re fans of the concept. If you want to offer a gilded version, stick $30 on the price and sell them. Random chance has no place in numismatics, in my view, but your mileage may vary. As always, these are appealing for fans, very well struck, and nicely presented, with a price of $99.00 USD.