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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II John of Kronshtadt
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Colorized full-length frontal depiction of Saint John of Kronstadt in full Orthodox liturgical vestments — a blue and red chasuble with gold cross embroidery — holding a chalice in both hands, with a golden nimbus above his head. The Cyrillic legend СВЯТОЙ ПРАВЕДНЫЙ ИОАНН is inscribed vertically along the left side of the field, and КРОНШТАДТСКИЙ appears horizontally along the upper margin. In the lower left corner, a colorized view of the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt is depicted in silver relief against a green landscape. The fineness mark Ag 925 appears in the lower right field. The left border features the same ornate filigree decoration as the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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John of Kronstadt — the Russian Orthodox priest Ivan Ilyich Sergiev — was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in 1964, decades before the Moscow Patriarchate followed in 1990. His inclusion in a Niuean commemorative series reflects the broad Orthodox diaspora market that drove a wave of silver issues from Pacific island mints in the 2000s and 2010s, most produced under license by foreign private mints with no meaningful connection to the issuing territory.