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1/2 Dollar - Charles III Boston Tea Party
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dollar |
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| Obverse lettering | AMERICA 250TH ANNIVERSARY LIBERTY 2023 PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE HALF DOLLAR |
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| Reverse lettering | BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773 |
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Niue has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements since the 1990s, functioning effectively as a vehicle for third-party distributors targeting the collector market. This piece marks the 250th anniversary of the December 1773 event in which colonists destroyed 342 chests of East India Company tea in Boston Harbor — a direct response to the Tea Act, which granted the Company a monopoly that undercut local merchants while maintaining a tax Parliament refused to repeal.
Copper-nickel rather than silver. The choice says everything about the intended price point.