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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Pendant with Amber
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND 2011 ELIZABETH II ONE DOLLAR Ag 925 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has operated as a prolific licensing platform for novelty collector issues since the early 2000s, contracting private minting houses to produce limited legal-tender pieces under its sovereign authority. The amber-inset dollar falls squarely into this category — a product of the decorative collectibles market rather than any monetary or commemorative policy originating in Niue itself.
KM#703 is one of dozens of near-identical amber-inclusion issues produced in this period, most struck at the Mint of Poland in Warsaw, which became the dominant producer of such pieces for Pacific island issuers.