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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Hungarian Sand Flag
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a large, naturalistically colored bloom of the Hungarian sand flag iris (Iris humilis subsp. arenaria) in vivid yellow with green stem and leaves, rendered in applied color technique against a diagonally split mirror-black and frosted silver field. A single inset green Swarovski crystal element is embedded in the left portion of the field. The surrounding legend, inscribed along the left arc in Latin script, reads: KOSATEC SKALNÍ PÍSEČNÝ / IRIS HUMILIS SUBSP. ARENARIA, providing both the Czech vernacular and the scientific botanical name of the depicted species. The Czech Mint monogram (M) is visible at lower right within the design. |
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| Mintage | 2017 CM - Proof - 1,000 |
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Niue has issued silver dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1990s, contracting private mints — primarily the New Zealand Mint — to produce themed collector pieces that bear the island's name largely as a legal convenience. This particular issue commemorates the Hungarian Sand Flag, a patriotic symbol with roots in the 1956 uprising against Soviet occupation, when protesters famously cut the communist emblem from the center of the national flag.
The KM# 201 reference places it within a sprawling catalog of Niuean commemoratives that number in the hundreds.