2024 Niue $2 Icons of Inspiration: Johannes Gutenberg 1oz .999 Silver Coin (No Tax)

The eighth release in the popular series of coins celebrating famous Icons of Inspiration features Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg's printing press played a transformative role in the Renaissance, facilitating the rapid speed of knowledge, ideas and literature throughout Europe. His innovation allowed for the mass production of books by arranging movable metal type of a press, significantly reducing the time and cost of producing written material.

His first major work, the Gutenberg Bible or 42-line Bible, was printed around 1455 and became one of the earliest books produced using the movable type. This technological breakthrough revolutionized communication, education, and the dissemination of information, marking the advent of the printing revolution and laying the foundation for the democratization of knowledge. Johannes Gutenberg's contributions to the printing press had a profound and lasting impact on the course of human history.