We were quite surprised by the Captain Kirk miniature released by the New Zealand Mint back in April. A departure from their core range of coins, it was a circa-150g figurine in fine silver that featured a classic pose of the Star Trek icon. While we’re expecting there will be a further release in that range, the jump to the DC comic world was another nice surprise.

If you’re going to start offering DC Comics miniatures there are really only two characters to choose from for maximum impact – Batman or Superman. The mint has chosen the latter of the two as its debut piece and while it’s arguably the less interesting of the two icons, they’ve done an outstanding job with the realisation of this hugely popular character.