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| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a large color photographic portrait of Princess Elizabeth as a young child of approximately five years of age, depicted in three-quarter bust, smiling and gazing upward, wearing a light blue dress. Above the portrait, rendered in gold relief against a dark background, the full Royal Arms crest is displayed with a lion passant guardant to the left and a unicorn to the right, surmounted by the Imperial Crown, with scrolling banners bearing the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT. The legend PRINCESS ELIZABETH ~ AGE 5 arcs along the lower border in incuse Latin lettering. |
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Tokelau has no mint of its own and no indigenous coinage tradition — its "issues" are produced entirely for the collector market, commissioned through the New Zealand Mint on behalf of a territory whose resident population hovers around 1,500 people spread across three atolls. This piece, commemorating Elizabeth before her accession, belongs to a category of legal tender that will never circulate, issued by an authority that depends entirely on New Zealand for its currency in actual use.