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5 Dollars The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (7 of 15)
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 70 g |
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| Obverse description | Central circular raised field bears the right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the effigy vertically to the left, with NIUE at the top and FIVE DOLLARS to the right, all within a beaded border. The date 2015 appears below the central roundel, with the inscriptions 70 g and 999 FINE SILVER positioned in the lower portion of the rectangular field outside the circle. The overall obverse design contrasts the polished circular portrait area against the matte rectangular silver surface. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - The Iris Gold Finishing. - 750 |
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Niue has issued collector silver under its own authority since the 1990s, leveraging a 1990 Currency Act that allows the territory to produce legal tender coins despite using the New Zealand dollar in everyday circulation. The "Kiss" series belongs to a broader wave of art-themed issues that flooded the Pacific island legal tender market in the 2010s, with Niue, Cook Islands, and Palau essentially competing for the same collector demographic.
Klimt completed the original painting in 1907–08 during his so-called Golden Phase, and it entered the permanent collection of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna almost immediately — purchased before it was even finished exhibiting.