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1 Dollar Madonna of Czestochowa (21 of 24 coins)
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ONE DOLLAR 2015 |
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| Mintage | 2015 - Reverse Proof - 250 |
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The Madonna of Częstochowa, housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in southern Poland, has been one of the most politically charged religious objects in Central Europe for centuries. During the Partitions of Poland, veneration of the icon functioned as an act of national defiance — the monastery itself withstood a Swedish siege in 1655 that Poles later credited, in part, to the image's intercession. That siege became the founding myth of the Polish resistance tradition.
Niue's serialized 24-coin religious icon series was issued under its standard bullion licensing arrangement with the Polish State Mint, which handled production.