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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Always with you: right
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, diademed and draped, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The coin is struck in a distinctive right-facing teardrop or puzzle-piece shape, forming one half of a two-coin set. The peripheral legend reads '1 DOLLAR' along the upper arc and 'NIUE ISLAND · 2016 ·' along the lower arc, with 'ELIZABETH II' along the left straight edge. A heart-shaped aperture (cutout) is pierced through the field below the effigy, and the fineness mark 'Ag 999' appears in the lower field alongside a stylized eye or leaf motif rendered in high relief. |
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| Mintage | 2016 mw - Proof - 5,555 |
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Niue has operated a prolific bullion and commemorative coinage program since the 1990s, licensing its sovereignty to foreign mints — primarily the New Zealand Mint — to produce collector pieces sold internationally. The island's own population hovers around 1,600, making domestic circulation of any such issue essentially fictional.
KM# 204 places this squarely in a crowded field of Niuean silver issues from the mid-2010s, a period when the program expanded aggressively into themed series targeting the Asian collector market.