5 Dollars - Charles III Vincent van Gogh

Tokelau has become a reliable vehicle for New Zealand-administered commemorative silver issues aimed squarely at the collector market, with no meaningful domestic circulation. Van Gogh died in July 1890 — broke, largely unrecognized, having sold perhaps one painting in his lifetime. Within two decades of his death, his work was fetching prices that would have been incomprehensible to him.

The .9999 fineness places this above the more common .999 standard, a distinction some bullion buyers track closely.