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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Poland of Casimir III the Great
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The coin is struck in the shape of a map of medieval Poland. The obverse features the right-facing, diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The denomination '1 DOLLAR' is inscribed in the upper right field, with the date '2014' to the left of the portrait. The legend 'ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND' arcs below the effigy, and the fineness mark 'Ag 999' appears in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Casimir III — the only Polish king to earn the epithet "the Great" — died in 1370 without a legitimate male heir, ending the Piast dynasty after over four centuries. His domestic reforms were extensive enough that a Polish proverb credits him with inheriting a kingdom of wood and leaving one of stone. Niue's broader series of Polish monarchs leans heavily on this iconographic appeal.
The coin is part of a collector-facing commemorative program issued under Niue's longstanding licensing arrangement with the New Zealand dollar zone, which grants it legal tender status largely on paper.