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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Madonna and Child
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND 1 DOLLAR Ag 999 ELIZABETH II 2016 |
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| Reverse lettering | MADONNA LITTA MADONNA AND CHILD |
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Niue has operated as a coin-issuing jurisdiction for collector markets since the 1980s, despite having a resident population that has never exceeded 2,000 people. The island's arrangement with New Zealand — which handles its defense and foreign affairs — gives it the legal standing to issue its own coinage, a quirk exploited almost entirely for the bullion and numismatic export trade rather than any domestic monetary function.
The KM# 204 attribution places this within a sprawling Niue silver program that has issued hundreds of collector types across multiple decades, most struck at the New Zealand Mint in Auckland.