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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Mystic Nativity: 4/15
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a tiara and drapery in the style of the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above, flanked by the date 2013, with NIUE ISLAND inscribed to the right along the periphery. The denomination 1/15th of 15 Dollars appears in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. |
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| Mintage | 2013 - Proof - 300 |
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One of fifteen pieces in a series reproducing Sandro Botticelli's Mystic Nativity (c. 1500–1501), the only painting Botticelli ever signed. He inscribed it with a Greek text linking the scene to the Apocalypse of St. John and the tribulations of Florence under Savonarola — an unusually charged personal statement from a painter better known for secular mythologies. The work was likely never publicly displayed during his lifetime.