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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Three Marys at the Tomb/Descent to Hell
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael David Maklouf |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Proof - 250 |
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Niue's licensing arrangement with coin marketing firms has produced hundreds of religious and commemorative themes since the 1990s, with the island's sovereign status used principally as a vehicle for the collector market rather than domestic circulation. This particular issue belongs to a series depicting scenes from Christian iconography, released around the Easter cycle of 2012.
The "Descent to Hell" — the Harrowing of Hades in Eastern Orthodox theology — is an uncommonly specific subject for a bullion-adjacent issue, drawn more from Byzantine liturgical tradition than Western Catholic iconography.