Niue, a sovereign state in free association with New Zealand, uses two official legal tender currencies. The New Zealand Dollar is the circulation currency for daily transactions, while the government also authorises legal tender coins in the Niue Dollar currency for collector's purposes.
A number of mints issue a large variety of commemorative, bullion and collector coins under the authority of Niue. These coins are dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes not related to Niue itself. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes - typically, one ounce of silver (abbreviated as 1 oz Ag, where "Ag" comes from the Latin word for silver, Argentum). Many of these feature characters and themes from popular culture.
This coin is a precursor to the Fairy Tales series by the Lithuanian Mint, and depicts the Googly Eyes of children exploring the world.
The mint says about it: Perhaps, every one of us in our youth was the “why” kid. Everything was interesting - plenty of undiscovered experiences, places and feelings… Curiosity accompanied us at every step of the way and parents almost daily received torrent of questions from us. The new Lithuanian Mint coin “Googly Eyes” returns us to our childhood and incites us to remember the joy of knowledge. |