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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Alba Madonna
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and NIUE 2017 above, with the denomination 10 DOLLARS to the right. The lower field bears the inscription 2OZ · 999 SILVER, denoting the metal weight and fineness. Bullet separators punctuate the legend at intervals. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE 2017 · 10 DOLLARS IRB · 2OZ 999 SILVER · |
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The Alba Madonna, painted by Raphael around 1510, entered the Russian imperial collection under Catherine the Great and hung in the Hermitage for nearly two centuries before Andrew Mellon purchased it in 1931 during a covert sale in which the Soviet government, desperate for foreign currency, quietly liquidated dozens of Old Masters. The National Gallery of Art in Washington received it as part of Mellon's founding gift in 1937. Niue's bullion program regularly licenses fine art imagery through arrangements that sidestep the usual reproduction rights complications by working directly with the holding institutions.