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5 Dollars - Charles III Ganesha
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars 5 NZD = RSD 299 |
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| Obverse lettering | GANESHA 2025 TS PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 8 AG 999 10 DOLLARS 5 oz. |
| Reverse description | Richly coloured high-relief depiction of Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity, seated in a frontal position upon a decorative plinth within an ornate temple architectural setting. The four-armed figure is shown wearing elaborate gold jewellery including armlets, bracelets, and a bejewelled crown; his upper left hand raises a pink lotus flower, the upper right holds a bowl of modaka (sweet offerings) beside his vahana the mouse, while a lower hand displays the Om symbol in red on the palm and another grasps a golden ankusha. His trunk curves inward bearing red foliate ornamentation, and a golden pendant adorns his rotund torso. The background features a detailed grey mandala and carved temple pillar motifs rendered in antiqued silver, with the figure itself finished in selective polychrome colouring. |
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Niue has operated as a coin-issuing jurisdiction for foreign mints since the 1990s, functioning less as a monetary authority than as a licensed vehicle for bullion and collector issues marketed internationally. This piece is part of that machinery. The Ganesha iconography targets the Indian and Southeast Asian collector markets, where demand for silver bullion with devotional imagery has grown sharply over the past decade — a commercial calculation, not a cultural one on Niue's part.