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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Australia WWII
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1305 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncation bears the engraver's initials IRB. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left peripheral border, with NIUE arcing across the upper field and ONE DOLLAR descending along the right border. The date 2015 appears in the lower exergue. The mirrored proof field provides strong contrast against the finely detailed portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue has operated as a prolific licensing hub for commemorative coinage since the 1990s, contracting its sovereign issuing authority to mint houses — primarily the New Zealand Mint — producing pieces for international collectors that carry no meaningful circulation within the island's population of roughly 1,600. This piece falls squarely in that tradition: a silver-plated copper-nickel issue aimed at the collector market rather than anything approaching monetary use.
The WWII subject anchors it to the 70th anniversary commemoration cycle that dominated Pacific-nation commemorative programs throughout 2015.