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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Icarus
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#239 |
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| Obverse lettering | HOW MAN CONQUERED THE SKIES ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND 1 DOLLAR 2010 |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Niue has issued commemorative silver dollars under licensing arrangements since the 1990s, effectively functioning as a mint-for-hire jurisdiction whose actual currency needs are met by the New Zealand dollar. This Icarus piece is part of a broad thematic program that has little to do with Niuean monetary history and everything to do with the collector bullion market of the late 2000s. The irregular 40 x 28 mm dimensions indicate a shaped or oval flan — a format that gained commercial traction among Pacific island issuers around this period as a way to differentiate product in a crowded commemorative market.