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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Azov Memorial
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts the opened 'Spring Flowers Egg' (created 1899–1903), rendered in polychrome enamel and gold-toned relief, featuring intricate Rococo-style scrollwork on a nephrite-green ground set with crystal accents. A miniature basket with a bouquet of anemones is shown emerging from the interior of the egg as the surprise element. The effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appears above the egg in the upper field. Inscriptions surrounding the design include the issuer name, denomination, fineness, and date. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue's commemorative dollar program has long operated as a revenue vehicle dressed as numismatic output — the island issues coins it will never circulate, denominated in a currency it doesn't actually use, for a collector market it will never see. This piece memorializes the Sea of Azov conflict, the low-intensity naval confrontation between Russia and Ukraine that escalated sharply in November 2018 when Russian FSB vessels seized three Ukrainian naval ships and their crews in the Kerch Strait.
Twenty-four Ukrainian sailors were held for nearly a year before release under a prisoner exchange brokered in September 2019.