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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Christmas star
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Other (Star) |
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| Mint | B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt, Munich |
| Mintage | 2015 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Niue has operated a prolific bullion and commemorative program since the 1990s, licensing its sovereignty to private mints — primarily the New Zealand Mint — in exchange for royalty revenue. The arrangement is straightforward economics: a nation of roughly 1,600 people generates meaningful income from a face value that no one ever expects to spend.
The .9999 fineness places this above the more common .999 standard, a specification the New Zealand Mint adopted selectively for premium collector issues in this period.