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1 Dollar - Charles III Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III NIUE ONE DOLLAR JC Ag 999 2025 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylised depiction of a snake rendered entirely in a dot-art technique, with hundreds of raised hemispheric dots of varying sizes and tonal gradations creating the illusion of scales, form, and depth across the polished field. The head of the snake is shown in a frontal or near-frontal view in the upper portion of the design, with clearly defined eyes formed by concentric circles of contrasting-toned dots. The sinuous body of the serpent descends toward the lower centre of the field, tapering to a point, evoking traditional East Asian artistic conventions associated with the Lunar New Year. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse; the design fills the full coin diameter to the beaded border. |
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Niue has served as a licensing jurisdiction for foreign coin programs since the 1990s, with the New Zealand territory's name appearing on hundreds of collectible issues it has no organic cultural connection to. This piece is part of that commercial framework — a bullion-adjacent product marketed to collectors of the Chinese lunar calendar series, timed to the Year of the Snake beginning January 29, 2025.