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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Aureus Taurus
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation; the mint mark and fineness designation Ag 999 are inscribed in the field to the right of the portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim and NIUE ISLAND along the upper right rim, separated by dotted borders. The denomination 1 DOLLAR and the date 2021 are inscribed along the lower rim, flanked by a continuous ring of raised dots forming the inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND IRB mw Ag 999 · 1 DOLLAR 2021 · |
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The Aureus Taurus is part of a privately commissioned bullion series drawing on the iconography of ancient Roman gold coinage — a genre that has flooded the numismatic market since roughly 2015, when several mints began competing aggressively for collector premiums on themed silver rounds. Niue's involvement is purely jurisdictional; the island nation licenses its legal tender status to New Zealand-based and international distributors, generating revenue without operating a mint of its own.
Elizabeth II appears as issuing authority by treaty arrangement, a formality that has applied to Niue coinage since 1967.