The government and treasury of Niue, in association with the East India Company, have issued (16th February) new coins struck in gold and silver which are made in tribute to one of the world’s most recognised trade coins: The British trade dollar. The new gold and silver ounce coins are part of a new series entitled “The Trade Dollar Collection,” and are the first of five coins which are commissioned by the East India Company — an entity with over 400 years of international trade and commerce