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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Virgo
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs above and NIUE ISLAND curves to the right, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR, the date 2011, and the fineness mark Ag 925 inscribed in the surrounding annular band. Encircling the central portrait is a broad decorative border composed of twelve raised medallions, each depicting one of the twelve zodiac signs with its corresponding astrological symbol, arranged in a continuous ring around the coin's face. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue's coin-issuing program has operated almost entirely as a commercial venture for foreign distributors since the 1970s — the island's actual circulating currency is the New Zealand dollar, and these silver pieces are produced exclusively for the collector market. This "Virgo" dollar is one of twelve in a zodiac series licensed through a third-party minting arrangement, a business model that generates royalty income for Niue while the coins themselves are struck and distributed with no meaningful connection to the territory.