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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Valentine's Day: You
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse of this puzzle-shaped silver coin features the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, with the legend 'ELIZABETH II' inscribed below the bust. The inscription 'NIUE ISLAND' appears prominently along the upper field, while 'Ag 925' is positioned to the upper left and the date '2012' to the upper right. The denomination '1 DOLLAR' is rendered within a heart-shaped motif in the lower left field, accompanied by several additional heart motifs scattered across the field in a romantic composition. The mint mark 'mw' of the Mint of Poland appears to the right of the effigy. |
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| Mintage | 2012 mw - Proof - 10,000 |
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Niue has operated as a licensing hub for themed collector coins since the 1990s, contracting private mints to produce legal-tender issues under its sovereignty while the island's actual population sits under 2,000. This Valentine's series was produced through that arrangement, with the embedded Swarovski crystal — a Austrian-made precision glass product trademarked since 1895 — serving as the commercial hook for the gift market rather than the numismatic one.