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10 Dollars - Charles III Sleeping Beauty
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III NIUE JC 2024 TEN DOLLARS 5 oz 999 FINE SILVER © DISNEY |
| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces, in full color, the original 1959 theatrical release poster artwork for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty. The composition depicts Princess Aurora in the lower left, eyes closed and holding a rose, her golden hair flowing, dressed in a purple gown. Surrounding her are iconic characters and scenes from the film, including the three good fairies, the villain Maleficent and her dragon form, a medieval castle, courtiers, and woodland creatures, all rendered in the vivid illustrative style of the original Disney animation era. The bold title legend WALT DISNEY'S Sleeping Beauty dominates the center of the field, with the promotional tagline WONDROUS TO SEE... GLORIOUS TO HEAR... ...A magnificent new motion picture! inscribed at the top. |
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Niue has functioned as a prolific licensing vehicle for the New Zealand Mint since the early 2000s, lending its sovereign authority to collector issues that have no economic relationship to the island's 1,600 residents. This piece is part of that arrangement — a bullion-adjacent commemorative marketed internationally under Niue's legal tender framework.
The 5 oz fine silver weight places it in the New Zealand Mint's premium fairy tale series, where the Sleeping Beauty subject has appeared across multiple formats and issuers since the early 2010s. Charles III's effigy appears here as the first major refresh of the obverse authority portrait since Elizabeth II's 70-year run ended in September 2022.