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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Commanders of Russian Army
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a dynamic composition combining raised silver relief and full color printing, depicting commanders of the Imperial Russian Army. At center-left, a silver relief equestrian figure of a uniformed officer on horseback commands the field, with a standing infantryman in tall shako helmet rendered in relief behind. A colorized portrait of a senior Russian general in full dress uniform, adorned with orders and medals and draped in a dark cloak, occupies the right-center of the design. The right portion of the field is rendered in color, depicting a battle scene with troops and heraldic Imperial Russian decorative elements framing the composition, with colored directional arrows—blue and red—indicating troop movements. The Cyrillic legend ПОЛКОВОДЦЫ РУССКОЙ АРМИИ (Commanders of the Russian Army) appears in the upper left field, with the fineness mark Ag 925 inscribed in the lower left. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to a Niuean commemorative series honoring commanders of the Russian Imperial Army, a niche collecting theme that proliferated sharply in the early 2010s as the New Zealand-administered island became one of the most prolific license-issuing authorities in the world — lending its sovereignty to dozens of thematic series with no domestic connection whatsoever to the subject matter.
The KM#771 attribution places it within a crowded field of similar 28.28g .925 silver issues struck to the same specifications as countless other Pacific island commemoratives of the period, all produced by external mints for the international collector market rather than any circulation purpose.