Modern Numismatics International (The Netherlands)

1 dollar (Niue Island) x 2

31,10 g

40 mm

Silver 999°

1000 pcs.

Two coins in one! For the first time ever a sculpture-shaped coin has been incorporated into a second round outer coin. Both parts, the sculpture shaped inner core and the outer ring are legal tender coins on their own. The sculpture-shaped inner core has been cut out with a new and unique laser technology. The coins surfaces feature a special protective acrylic finish that allows for the inner coins to be touched and taken out without leaving any marks or fingerprints.

Marco Pavone

PAMP S.A. (Switzerland)

The obverses depict the effigy of HRM Queen Elizabeth II, the face value, year date and the name of the issuing country Niue. The reverse of the outer ring shows the name of the sculpture "Amor and Psyche" and the name of the artist "Antonio Canova". The reverse of the inner core depicts the Amor and Psyche sculpture.

Antonio Canova’s Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, first commissioned in 1787, exemplifies the Neoclassical devotion to love and emotion. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche with a kiss. Joachim Murat donated the first version to the Louvre Museum in 1824; Prince Yusupov, a Russian nobleman who acquired the piece in Rome in 1796, gave a later version (created in 1796) to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.