Part of a 24-coin series issued by Niue commemorating Dante's Divina Commedia, timed loosely around the early 21st-century wave of literary anniversary issues that flooded the Pacific island mint-program market. Niue's coin program is administered entirely off-island — the New Zealand Mint in Auckland handles production — which makes "Niuean" coinage essentially a licensing arrangement, with legal tender status provided by the island's Crown dependency relationship with New Zealand.
KM#1002 designates the second panel in the sequence, corresponding to a specific canto grouping from the Inferno.
Part of a 24-coin series issued by Niue commemorating Dante's Divina Commedia, timed loosely around the early 21st-century wave of literary anniversary issues that flooded the Pacific island mint-program market. Niue's coin program is administered entirely off-island — the New Zealand Mint in Auckland handles production — which makes "Niuean" coinage essentially a licensing arrangement, with legal tender status provided by the island's Crown dependency relationship with New Zealand.
KM#1002 designates the second panel in the sequence, corresponding to a specific canto grouping from the Inferno.