Silver Ounce 2024 Disney Princess - Aurora, 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). Many of these feature famous movie characters.

This coin is part of a New Zealand Mint series called Disney Princess featuring Disney animated film characters, and is dedicated to Aurora from the movie "Sleeping Beauty".

“Sleeping Beauty”, a classic by Disney from 1959, brings us the story of Princess Aurora, who suffers from an evil spell cast by the witch Maleficent, which condemns her to fall into a sleep-like state on her sixteenth birthday that is close to death. The only way to free Aurora from her deep rest is a kiss from her true love. In a heroic confrontation, Prince Philip takes on Maleficent, who has transformed into a terrifying dragon. Thanks to the help of the three good fairies who have taken care of Sleeping Beauty, Philip manages to overcome the dragon, awaken Aurora with a kiss of true love and break the spell.