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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Butterfly pendant
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicting a tulip blossom with stem and leaves rendered in delicate high relief against a plain field, occupying the upper and central portions of the rectangular planchet. A pink Swarovski crystal butterfly is affixed in the lower right area of the composition, its faceted wings catching light to create a vivid chromatic contrast against the polished silver surface. The overall composition is framed within the rounded rectangular format of the pendant, with a suspension loop at the top allowing the piece to be worn as jewelry. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has operated as a coin-issuing jurisdiction for foreign mints since the 1990s, licensing its sovereignty to produce legal tender collectibles with no expectation of circulation. This butterfly pendant piece is part of a broad wave of shaped silver issues produced primarily by the New Zealand Mint on Niue's behalf, targeting the gift and novelty collector market rather than numismatists proper. The KM reference places it firmly within a catalogue numbering scheme that by 2019 had grown unwieldy — KM#3153 for a one-dollar denomination from an island of roughly 1,500 people says everything about the volume of this output.