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1 Dollar - Charles III Cleopatra
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-colour printed portrait of Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, depicted in a frontal three-quarter view against the gold-plated leaf-shaped background with engraved venation. The queen is shown wearing a traditional Egyptian nemes headdress adorned with a jewelled uraeus crown in rich polychrome tones of deep blue, red, and gold. She is attired in a white linen garment and wears an elaborate broad collar necklace of the pharaonic tradition, rendered in warm gold and earthy hues. Circular drop earrings frame her face, and her eyes are accented with the characteristic dark kohl cosmetic of ancient Egyptian iconography. The colour application fills the central field of the leaf form, with the gold-plated veined leaf surface visible surrounding the portrait. |
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Niue has functioned as a prolific licensing vehicle for the Perth Mint and various private bullion programs since the 1990s, its legal tender framework allowing foreign minting entities to issue collectible coinage under New Zealand Crown authority without those coins ever approaching the island's roughly 1,500 residents. This piece falls squarely in that category — a Perth Mint product in all but name, issued under Niue's authority as a commercial collectible rather than circulating currency.
Gold-plated silver one-ounce issues in this format are produced in strictly limited mintages, typically under 2,000 pieces, and sell at significant premiums over spot silver.