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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II The Starry Night
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Gold plated bronze |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue's legal tender collector coins are issued under a longstanding licensing arrangement that lets the tiny Pacific island nation — population under 2,000 — monetize its sovereignty by lending its authority to foreign mints producing pieces that will never circulate on the island. This particular issue is part of a series pairing the denomination with famous paintings, here Van Gogh's 1889 canvas completed while he was voluntarily committed at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Gold-plated bronze in this format is essentially a medallic product dressed in coin clothing. Van Gogh painted the original in oil on canvas measuring 73.7 × 92.1 cm — now permanently housed at MoMA since 1941.