5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Sisyphus

Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made the island one of the more prolific licensing hubs for themed bullion issues, this Sisyphus entry being one among dozens of mythological subjects struck under that framework. The myth itself — Sisyphus condemned by Zeus to roll a boulder uphill for eternity — was recorded by Homer and later elaborated by Ovid, though Albert Camus's 1942 philosophical essay arguably did more to embed it in modern consciousness than either ancient source.