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.
The Mint says about this coin: This striking 1oz pure silver coin features The Empress, card number Three in the emblematic Tarot cards known as the Major Arcana. It shows a coloured and engraved representation of The Empress on a rectangular coin - to mirror the shape of a Tarot card. She encourages you to enjoy wholehearted engagement with the world, to look up and see, touch, taste, feel, and hear all the pleasures that can centre us and provide us with inspiration.
The obverse of the coin has a striking engraved border around the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. It is legal tender in Niue. It arrives inside custom-made book-style packaging which opens to reveal the coin alongside the meaning behind the Tarot card featured. |