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1 Dollar - Charles III Maiasaura
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The Public Seal of Niue occupies the upper portion of the field, depicted as a crowned circular arms surrounded by a wreath, with crossed paddles below and the motto inscriptions ATUA and NIUE TUKULAGI on ribbons beneath. The lower two-thirds of the field features a finely detailed relief depiction of a Maiasaura skeleton embedded in a rocky ground surface, rendered in a fossil-excavation style. The Czech Mint monogram appears at the upper left of the field. The denomination 1 DOLLAR and the date 2023 are inscribed along the left and lower periphery, while the legend PREHISTORIC WORLD runs along the right side of the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | CM PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 1 DOLLAR · 2023 · PREHISTORIC WORLD |
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Maiasaura — "good mother lizard" — earned its name from Jack Horner's 1978 Montana dig at Egg Mountain, where the first evidence of dinosaur parental nest care was documented. That discovery upended the prevailing view of dinosaurs as instinct-driven reptiles indifferent to their young. Niue has issued dozens of these dinosaur-themed silver rounds under rotating monarchs; this piece simply catches the series mid-stride at the accession of Charles III following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.