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1/2 Dollar - Elizabeth II John Paul II
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length colorized photographic portrait of Pope John Paul II dressed in white papal vestments and skullcap, holding a tall wooden pastoral staff in his right hand. The figure is depicted standing outdoors against a naturalistic landscape background with rocky terrain and water, rendered in vivid color printing applied to the rectangular flan. An ornate floral and foliate border frames the entire composition, executed in silver-toned relief. The overall design is devotional in character, commemorating the pontificate of Karol Wojtyla. |
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| Mintage | 2008 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Issued the year after John Paul II's beatification process was formally advanced under Benedict XVI, this Niuean piece belongs to a crowded field of commemorative issues from small Pacific sovereignties whose minting programs exist almost entirely as revenue-generating exercises for foreign distributors. Niue's coinage authority has been licensed to various numismatic marketing firms since the 1990s, and the collector rather than the circulating public has always been the intended recipient.