Edvard Munch's 1893 pastel-and-tempera original sold at Sotheby's in 2012 for $119.9 million, then a world auction record for any work on paper. Niue has issued numerous licensed art coins under its collector bullion program, and this piece falls squarely within that commercial framework — a one-troy-ounce silver round with a recognized cultural image attached to a nominal legal-tender face value from a Pacific island with a population under 2,000.
Edvard Munch's 1893 pastel-and-tempera original sold at Sotheby's in 2012 for $119.9 million, then a world auction record for any work on paper. Niue has issued numerous licensed art coins under its collector bullion program, and this piece falls squarely within that commercial framework — a one-troy-ounce silver round with a recognized cultural image attached to a nominal legal-tender face value from a Pacific island with a population under 2,000.