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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Gandhi's Arrival in India
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 192 |
| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The Queen's hair is elaborately styled and adorned with the tiara, with pearl drop earrings visible. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The circular legend around the periphery reads '· NIUE ISLAND · QUEEN ELIZABETH II ·', with the denomination '1 DOLLAR' and date '2015' inscribed along the lower portion of the field, separated by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | · NIUE ISLAND · QUEEN ELIZABETH II · IRB 1 DOLLAR 2015 |
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Gandhi arrived in India from South Africa in January 1915, returning after more than two decades abroad where he had developed and tested his doctrine of satyagraha against the Natal and Transvaal governments. The Niue issue commemorates the centenary of that return — a moment that reoriented the entire trajectory of the independence movement.
Niue has long used its sovereign minting rights to produce commemorative silver for the collector market, with few of these issues seeing any circulation on the island itself.