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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Evangelists Matthew and Luke
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Vivid full-color depiction of two Evangelists, Matthew and Luke, rendered in the distinctive stained-glass style of American artist Eyvind Earle. The two haloed figures are shown in full-length, draped in flowing robes of pale blue and mauve, set within tall Gothic arch windows filled with geometric panes of deep blue and violet. Matthew appears at left with hands clasped in prayer, Luke at right with one hand raised. Above the twin arches, a circular rose window contains a winged angel with a red halo, referencing the traditional iconographic symbol of the Evangelist Matthew. The composition faithfully replicates the aesthetic of medieval ecclesiastical stained glass. |
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Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made it one of the more prolific licensing issuers of the modern era, producing collector silver under the Cook Islands and Niue names for decades — coins that will never circulate on the island itself, which has a resident population of roughly 1,600 people. This Evangelists series falls squarely in that category: a product engineered for the European devotional collector market, where demand for religious-themed silver has sustained entire minting programs since the 1990s.
Matthew and Luke share this issue — an unusual pairing, since the four Evangelists are more commonly issued as individual coins or as a complete quartet struck simultaneously.