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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Black Puma
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse description | The fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted as a diademed and draped bust facing right, set within a raised inner circle against a smooth field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above the portrait within the inner circle, while the denomination ONE DOLLAR curves along the lower border. The issuer name NIUE ISLAND and the date 2016 appear in bold incuse lettering across the textured outer ring, which features a stylised animal-fur surface treatment on either side. The fineness mark Ag999 is inscribed vertically to the right of the portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Black Puma belongs to Niue's long-running animal series struck under licensing arrangements that have made the island's mint program one of the more commercially active among Pacific sovereign issuers — a function of favorable coinage agreements rather than any domestic monetary need. These coins are legal tender in name only; none circulate on the island, and Niue's actual economy runs on the New Zealand dollar.
The puma itself has no particular connection to Niue's geography or culture. The series targets collector markets in Europe and North America, where demand for one-troy-ounce silver animal issues has driven production of hundreds of thematic variants since the early 2000s.