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1 Dollar - Charles III Nefertiti
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Gold plated silver (.999) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly coloured portrait of Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian queen, rendered in a vivid polychrome printing technique against the gold-plated leaf-shaped field. She is depicted as a three-quarter bust facing slightly left, wearing the characteristic flat-topped blue crown adorned with a decorative diadem and uraeus band, along with elaborate multi-strand broad collar jewellery. In her right hand she holds a crook sceptre, a symbol of royal authority, while her attire consists of a blue linen garment with ornate golden cuffs. The engraved leaf venation remains visible in the surrounding gold field, integrating the figural design harmoniously with the sculptural form of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 2025 - Proof - 99 |
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Niue has operated as a prolific licensing hub for themed bullion since the early 2000s, issuing coins under New Zealand's currency authority while contracting designs to European mints — the actual striking here almost certainly done by a Polish or German facility rather than anything connected to the Pacific island itself. The Nefertiti connection traces to the famous painted limestone bust excavated at Amarna in 1912 by Ludwig Borchardt's German expedition, a piece that has sat in Berlin's Neues Museum since 1924 despite Egypt's repeated and ongoing repatriation demands.