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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Aureus Moneta Juno
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the fourth portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, with the engraver's initials 'A' visible below the truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper left rim and 'NIUE ONE DOLLAR' along the upper right rim, all within a beaded border. The inscription 'Ag999,9' appears in the lower left field and '15,5g' in the lower right field, flanking the date '2016' at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has served since the 1990s as a licensed issuing authority for collector coins that have no meaningful connection to the island's economy or population of roughly 1,600 people. This piece belongs to the "Aureus Moneta" series, which takes its name from the Roman monetary tradition — Juno Moneta, whose temple on the Capitoline Hill housed the Roman mint, is the etymological root of the words "money" and "mint" themselves.
The series is a product of a modern bullion-collector market rather than any sovereign monetary need. KM# 204 places it within a documented sequence.