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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Praying Hands
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered after the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy, set within a deeply mirrored proof field against a black background. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery, with the date 2012 positioned at the top of the field and NIUE ISLAND along the right. Below the bust, the denomination inscription 1/24th of 24 Dollars appears in the lower exergue area. The portrait features fine hair detail beneath the Queen's diadem, with a pearl necklace visible at the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II - 2012 - NIUE ISLAND 1/24th of 24 Dollars |
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Niue's bullion and commemorative dollar program has long served as a vehicle for third-party licensing arrangements, with the New Zealand Overseas Territory lending its issuing authority to designs commissioned entirely outside the Pacific. This piece is one of several religious-themed issues produced under that model. The KM#905 reference places it firmly within a crowded catalog of similarly structured Niue silver dollars from the early 2010s, a period when the series expanded aggressively into devotional and iconographic subjects aimed at collector niches rather than any domestic monetary purpose.