Silver Ounce 2023 Great Australian Desert, Coin from Niue - detailed information

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).

Downies says about this coin:
We are thrilled to present the 2023 $1 Great Australian Desert 1oz Silver Proof coin - an extraordinary numismatic work of art that captures the great red heart of Australia in all its glory. A sizzling hot testament to the wide-open spaces, unique landscape, and animal kingdom that exist in only one place on earth - the Great Australian Desert.

Buzz Aldrin once remarked that the deserts in Australia were similar to where humanity may one day venture on Mars. The Great Australian desert, or "outback", stretches across the arid interior of Australia - a varied collection of magnificent rock outcroppings juxtaposed with stark, "red" sands, that lend the landscape an otherworldly aura. At once harsh and beautiful, this ancient land has been home to Australia’s Aboriginal people for upwards of 50,000 years! The incomparable sense of space is witness to some of the most unique animals on earth, including kangaroos, wallabies, emus, and more dangerous inhabitants like the Inland Taipan.

Perfectly translated from sand to pure silver, our latest legal tender coin has it all. The red sands of the Great Australian Desert are innovatively recreated with selective rose gold plating in an impeccable proof-quality strike! Silver kangaroos bound across the expanse of the sparkling reverse as a beautifully detailed Taipan snake lies in wait, and the sun radiates rose gold across the flan.