Niue 1 Dollar Silver Coin 2010 Teddy Floppy-ear
Cartoon Characters Series
“Mis Uszatek” is a famous Polish cartoon, created in 1975 by the Semafor Studio.
Mis Uszatek and his friends, Piglet and Little Rabbit, appeared every day on TV screen before Polish children went to bed. Each episode began with the same scene in which Mis Uszatek was about to go to bed and told the children of the adventures he experienced during the day.
The cartoon consists of 104 episodes and has been shown in many countries, including Canada, Japan, Hungary, Spain, Iran and some African countries.
Today Mis Uszatek has enjoyed enormous popularity and new generations have grown listening to the stories Mis Uszatek has to tell.
Obverse: A profile portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In the central part of the coin: a stylized image of the celluloid with selected scenes depicting interesting cartoon characters. To the left, at the top, along the edge the inscription: ELIZABETH II, to the right: 1 Dollar, the mark of the Mint: MW. At the bottom the inscription: Niue Island.
Reverse: In the central part of the coin: a selected scene from the cartoon depicting Mis Uszatek and his friends, Piglet and Little Rabbit, with a fence and sunflowers in the background.
Country: Niue Islands.
Year: 2010.
Face Value: 1 Dollar.
Metal: Silver.
Fineness: 925/1000.
Weight: 14,14g.
Diameter: 32,0 mm.
Mintage: 8000.
Certificate COA: Yes.
Presentation Case: No.
Cartoon Characters Series
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Miś Uszatek
Miś Uszatek (Floppy Bear, literally Teddy Floppy-ear) is a Polish character from the stop motion-animated TV series of the same name. He was created jointly by Polish writer Czesław Janczarski and cartoonist Zbigniew Rychlicki.
Miś Uszatek's first appearance was in a Polish comic magazine for children, "Miś", on 6 March 1957. Later, he was the main character of several children's books, which were translated into many languages. However, it became very popular in 1975, when Łódź' Animated Forms Studio (Studio Malych Form Filmowych), Se-ma-for, created a series of cartoons for the Polish TV network, featuring actor Mieczysław Czechowicz, who voiced the characters. In all-time Polish ranks of animated programs, it usually comes second only to Bolek i Lolek.
Miś Uszatek and his friends - Prosiaczek (Piglet), Króliczki (Little Rabbits) and Zajączek (Little Hare), as well as Kruczek the Puppy - were loved by pre-teen kids. At the same time, Uszatek, a teddy bear, played the role of a friend from kindergarten. He was also liked by parents, as he would always go to bed at appropriate hour, singing the goodnight song:
“Pora na dobranoc, bo już księżyc świeci. Dzieci lubią misie, misie lubią dzieci. (It's time to go to bed, as the moon is shining. Kids like teddy bears, teddy bears like kids.)”
Altogether, Se-ma-for created 104 episodes of the cartoon; the last one was made in 1987. In the 1960s, two theatrical movies about the friendly bear were made. Also, in the fall of 2007, the Se-ma-for studio announced that it was planning to make more episodes, but later these plans changed in favor of a possible full-length movie, to be created with help from the Japanese company Eden Entertainment. As of 2008, Mis Uszatek airs on Polish TV every Thursday.