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5 Dollars Sistine Madonna - 7 of 12
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a circular medallion set within the rectangular planchet, displaying the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in a diademed and draped portrait, as designed for standard Commonwealth coinage. The circular legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and 'NIUE FIVE DOLLARS' to the right, separated by dot stops, all within a beaded border. The date '2014' appears in the lower field beneath the portrait, with the inscriptions '80 g' and '.999 FINE SILVER' flanking the date along the lower arc, denoting the coin's metallic specifications. The surrounding rectangular field of the planchet is plain and polished to a mirror finish, contrasting with the raised circular design element. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE FIVE DOLLARS 2014 80 g .999 FINE SILVER |
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Niue has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since the 1990s, leveraging a currency agreement with New Zealand that permits the island — population under 2,000 — to produce legal tender coins with no expectation of circulation. This piece is the seventh in a twelve-part series devoted to Raphael's Sistine Madonna, completed around 1512 for the church of San Sisto in Piacenza and now held in Dresden's Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister since its purchase by Augustus III of Saxony in 1754.
Twelve-part serialized issues of this weight class are straightforward sales vehicles for the collector market, with mintages typically kept low enough to sustain demand across the run.