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1 Dollar Madonna of Czestochowa (17 of 24 coins)
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB truncated at the neck. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and NIUE along the upper field, with ONE DOLLAR at the right. The date 2015 appears in the lower exergue. The coin displays a deeply mirrored proof field contrasting with the frosted portrait. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ONE DOLLAR 2015 |
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The Madonna of Częstochowa, housed at Jasna Góra Monastery in southern Poland, has been a focal point of Polish Catholic identity since the 14th century — and a recurring subject of commemorative coinage precisely because of that emotional weight. Niue's 24-coin Madonnas of the World series capitalized on this market through the New Zealand Mint, pairing sovereign legal tender status with devotional subject matter aimed squarely at thematic collectors.
The Częstochowa icon is notable for two diagonal slashes across the Virgin's right cheek, traditionally attributed to a Hussite raid in 1430 and deliberately preserved in subsequent restorations.