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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Hands of Christ
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and pearl earring, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait style, set against a mirror-proof field. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and NIUE ISLAND to the right, with the date 2012 positioned above the portrait. Below the effigy, an incuse inscription in the lower field reads 1/24th of 24 Dollars, indicating this piece forms part of a larger composite series. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II - 2012 - NIUE ISLAND 1/24th of 24 Dollars |
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Niue has operated as a reliable vehicle for third-party commemorative coin programs since the 1990s, its sovereignty providing the legal tender framework while the actual commercial and design impetus comes entirely from outside the island. This piece is a product of that arrangement — Niue's own population of roughly 1,600 people has no practical relationship to its issuance.
KM#910 is one of dozens of religiously themed issues produced under this model during the early 2010s, a period of particularly heavy output targeting European collector markets.