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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Aquarius
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley (obverse) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a fully colored composition structured as a yin-yang symbol, with the dark half rendered in deep cobalt blue applied color and the light half in polished silver. The dark segment depicts a star-filled night sky with a large full moon at upper center and the Aquarius water-bearer emblem — a figure pouring water from a vessel, surrounded by scrolling clouds — rendered in gilt relief at upper right. The light segment features the Aquarius constellation diagram, the two-wavy-line astrological symbol for Aquarius, a smaller blue-colored celestial orb at lower center, and faint astrological glyphs in the lower field. The date range 21.01 - 19.02 appears in raised lettering along the upper arc, and the Cyrillic inscription ВОДОЛЕЙ (Aquarius) is inscribed vertically along the right border. |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative issuing authority since the 1990s, leveraging its status as a New Zealand realm territory to produce coins that are legal tender on paper but aimed squarely at the collector market. This Aquarius piece is part of a zodiac series — a format that has saturated the commemorative silver market from dozens of issuing authorities simultaneously, Niue among them.
KM# 204 adds little that distinguishes it within the series or from competitor issues of identical specification.