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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Cycling
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of Tower Bridge in London dominates the field, with the River Thames rendered in the foreground alongside a heraldic City of London griffin supporting a shield at lower centre. An inset circular portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, shown as a diademed effigy facing right in the Ian Rank-Broadley style, appears in the upper left quadrant. The legend '1 DOLLAR / NIUE ISLAND / 2013' is inscribed in a curved arc to the left of the bridge, and the Czech Mint monogram (CM) appears to the right in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 DOLLAR NIUE ISLAND 2013 ELIZABETH II. CM |
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Niue's numismatic program has operated largely as a licensing vehicle since the 1990s, with the island nation's name and monetary authority leased to third-party minting operations — primarily the New Zealand Mint — producing themed collector issues that have no meaningful circulation on the island itself. This piece is part of that commercial framework, issued during a period when cycling's global profile was particularly complicated: 2013 was the year Lance Armstrong gave his televised confession to Oprah Winfrey, and the sport was absorbing the full weight of the USADA doping findings released the previous October.