Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Madonna on the Crescent
| Issuer | Niue |
|---|---|
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled, Colored |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Colored reproduction of Albrecht Dürer's engraving 'Madonna on the Crescent' (c. 1508), depicting the Virgin Mary standing atop a crescent moon, her flowing robes and long hair radiating a pronounced glory of fine rays. She tenderly embraces the Christ Child against her chest, both figures enveloped in the luminous mandorla. An angel with outstretched wings appears to the lower left of the composition. Dürer's monogram 'AD' appears at the lower center of the field, serving as both the artist's signature and the sole lettering on this face. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Niue has operated as a coin-issuing vehicle for foreign bullion and commemorative programs since the 1990s, effectively licensing its sovereign status to international mints and distributors. The island's actual population has hovered around 1,500 people for decades — making its prolific numismatic output one of the more unusual arrangements in modern minting, where the issuing "nation" and the intended market share almost no overlap.
KM#915 falls within a wave of religiously themed silver rounds marketed heavily through European Catholic collectors in the early 2010s.