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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Cave of Chauvet
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 15.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-colour reproduction of prehistoric cave paintings from the Chauvet Cave in France, depicting a group of lions or large felines rendered in ochre, brown, and blue tones against a textured silver field evoking the natural rock surface of the cave wall. The composition faithfully replicates the famous Panel of Lions, one of the most celebrated Palaeolithic artworks, dated to approximately 30,000 BC. The inscription CAVE of CHAUVET appears at the upper right in a stylised, cave-art-influenced lettering, while CATS CA. 30,000 BC is inscribed along the lower field in the same style. The textured background enhances the impression of an ancient stone surface. |
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| Reverse lettering | CAVE of CHAUVET CATS CA. 30.000 BC |
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The Chauvet cave in the Ardèche was discovered in December 1994 by Jean-Marie Chauvet and two colleagues, and immediately recognized as containing some of the oldest known figurative paintings on earth — carbon-dated to roughly 36,000 years ago, predating Lascaux by some 20,000 years. French authorities sealed it almost immediately, and unlike Lascaux it has never been opened to the public.
Niue's bullion and collector program has issued coins under licensing arrangements that allow it to mint on behalf of themes with no geographic connection to the island itself. The Chauvet piece appeared in a short cultural heritage series. Mintage was capped at 2,500.