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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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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces a detailed section of Gustav Klimt's celebrated 1907–1908 painting 'The Kiss', rendered in gold finishing with vivid colour application across the rectangular surface. The composition depicts the characteristic Klimt motifs of gold leaf patterns, geometric and floral decorative elements in yellows, blacks, and greens, faithfully capturing the ornate, gilded aesthetic of the original Viennese Secessionist masterwork. This piece constitutes the seventh panel in a series of fifteen rectangular coins collectively reproducing the complete painting. The surface treatment employs selective gold finishing to replicate the luminous, mosaic-like quality of Klimt's original oil and gold-leaf canvas. No inscriptions or legends appear on the reverse. |
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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.