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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Melencolia I
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND 2012 1/24th of 24 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a full-color reproduction of Albrecht Dürer's celebrated 1514 engraving Melencolia I, rendered in warm sepia tones across the rectangular field with a textured border simulating aged parchment. The central composition depicts a brooding winged allegorical figure of Melancholy seated in contemplation, her head resting on her hand, surrounded by the iconic symbols of intellectual and artistic endeavor: a truncated rhombohedron, a sphere, a magic square, a ladder, a compass, an hourglass, a bell, and a putto. The scene captures Dürer's complex iconography of the melancholic temperament and the creative mind in a state of frustrated genius. The title MELENCOLIA I is inscribed in the upper field of the reverse, and the denomination 1 DOLLAR appears at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | MELENCOLIA I 1 DOLLAR |
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