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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Apollo with Solar Disc
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | Rectangular colored field depicting a Renaissance-style sketch reproduction of the god Apollo standing in full figure, nude, facing slightly left. In his left hand he holds a long staff or arrow directed downward, while his right arm is extended toward a radiant solar disc adorned with a sunburst halo, within which an inscription appears. Clouds and architectural elements frame the composition in the upper background, evoking the manner of a Leonardo da Vinci preparatory drawing, rendered with sepia tones against a warm amber field. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Reverse Proof - 300 |
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Niue's arrangement with the New Zealand Mint has made it one of the more prolific licensing issuers of the modern commemorative market — a cottage industry built on the country's sovereign right to produce legal tender despite having no independent central bank. This Apollo piece was released as part of a broader wave of space-themed issues timed loosely around the 50th anniversaries of early NASA programs, a period that generated dozens of competing silver rounds from multiple small-nation issuers simultaneously.
KM#908 attribution places it firmly in the documented series, though secondary market volumes suggest mintage was not tightly restricted.