50 Dollars - Charles III The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative issuing vehicle for the New Zealand and international collector market since the 1990s, its sovereignty providing the legal framework for an industry that far exceeds the island's population of roughly 1,500. This piece belongs to a Seven Wonders of the Ancient World series — a theme worked and reworked by mints globally for decades, generating collector fatigue that hasn't stopped it from selling.

The Lighthouse at Pharos, commissioned under Ptolemy I and completed under Ptolemy II around 280 BC, stood somewhere between 100 and 140 meters — estimates vary because no complete structural survey survives. It was damaged by earthquakes in 956, 1303, and 1323 AD before finally collapsing.