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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Thomas Alva Edison
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Composition | Gold plated silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | Central inner field features a detailed engraved portrait of Thomas Alva Edison facing slightly left, depicted wearing a bow tie and jacket, rendered in a linear illustrative style. The legend NIUE arcs along the upper left periphery and 2005 along the upper right, flanking a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Ian Rank-Broadley positioned at the top of the coin. Two miniature incuse representations of early electric light bulbs on pedestals appear at the three and nine o'clock positions in the border. The name THOMAS EDISON is inscribed along the lower arc of the border legend. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements since the early 1990s, functioning essentially as a revenue vehicle for the island's government rather than a domestic currency program. This Edison piece is part of a broad series of themed silver dollars Niue produced through that period, with distribution handled almost entirely through the international collector market — no meaningful circulation on the island itself ever occurred.