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5 Dollars - Charles III Sitting Bull
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | LEGENDARY WARRIORS PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI · FINE SILVER 2025 FIVE DOLLARS 2 oz 999 · |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a highly detailed portrait of Sitting Bull, the celebrated Hunkpapa Lakota leader, seated in three-quarter view facing left, clad in traditional fringed buckskin garments and adorned with multiple beaded necklaces and a large spiral medallion. He holds a ceremonial pipe in both hands, its bowl and stem selectively gilt in yellow gold. His magnificent full war bonnet, rendered in striking gilt gold that contrasts with the antiqued silver field, cascades dramatically to the right. The background presents a panoramic Plains landscape with tipis, mountain peaks, coniferous trees, a bison at left, a soaring eagle, and small figures in the middle ground. The legend SITTING BULL arcs across the upper field in bold incuse lettering. |
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Sitting Bull surrendered to U.S. Army forces at Fort Buford in July 1881 after leading a band of Hunkpapa Lakota into Canada following the Little Bighorn campaign. He was shot and killed by Indian agency police at Standing Rock in December 1890 during the chaos surrounding the Ghost Dance suppression — just two weeks before the Wounded Knee massacre.
Niue has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since the 1990s, leveraging its status as a self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand to license third-party numismatic programs through mints including the Perth Mint.