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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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| Obverse description | Circular raised disk set within a rectangular silver field, bearing the fourth-generation crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as modeled by Raphael David Maklouf, with a diadem and necklace visible. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left, NIUE ISLAND along the right, and the date 2012 appears at the top of the inner circle. Below the circular field, incused into the rectangular planchet, is the inscription 1/14th of 14 Dollars. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.