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1 Dollar - Charles III Battle of Monte Cassino
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATOA NIUE TUKULAGI 2024 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a powerful commemorative composition honoring the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino. In the left field, a high-relief portrait of a Polish soldier wearing a military helmet is depicted in three-quarter profile. Behind him, the facade of the Monte Cassino abbey is rendered in relief. At upper center, a stylized winged eagle badge — an emblem associated with the Polish II Corps — appears in relief. In the lower right field, a spray of red poppies is rendered in vivid applied color, evoking the memorial tradition associated with the battle. The curved inscription 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO runs along the upper border of the coin. |
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Monte Cassino was assaulted four times between January and May 1944, with the monastery at its summit destroyed by Allied bombing in February before German paratroopers occupied the rubble and held it more effectively than the intact structure. The final assault in May was broken by the Polish II Corps under General Anders — many of them veterans of Soviet labor camps released under the Sikorski-Mayski agreement — who took the hill at catastrophic cost.
Niue's numismatic program is administered under licensing arrangements that produce commemoratives for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation.