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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Taurus
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse lettering | Ag 925 ELIZABETH II NIUE ISLAND 2014 1 DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a colorized yin-yang composition symbolizing the duality of the Taurus zodiac sign, with the dark half rendered in deep blue color printing and depicting a starry night sky, a full moon, and a gilded ornamental bull (Taurus) in relief. The light half of the yin-yang features the stylized Taurus astrological glyph and a constellation chart in black against a silver field. Along the left field, Cyrillic script zodiac-related characters are inscribed vertically. The Taurus date range '21.04 - 20.05' appears along the upper arc, and the Cyrillic inscription 'ТЕЛЕЦ' (meaning 'Taurus') is placed along the lower right field. |
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Niue's numismatic program has operated largely as a licensing vehicle since the 1990s, with the island's sovereignty used to legitimize collector-market coins that have no meaningful circulation history in Niue itself. This Taurus piece is part of a zodiac series produced for the international bullion and gift market, struck by a contracted mint rather than any facility on the island.
KM# 179 places it within a densely populated reference range for Niue's commemorative output from this period.