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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II - Amber route: Wrocław
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | WROCŁAW |
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Part of a Polish-themed series issued by Niue under licensing arrangements that became increasingly common among small Pacific island nations seeking seigniorage revenue from collector markets, this piece commemorates the ancient Amber Route — the pre-Roman and Roman-era trade network running from the Baltic coast south through what is now Wrocław (then Vratislavia) toward the Adriatic. Wrocław sat at a natural crossing of the Oder River, making it a documented waypoint for amber merchants moving raw Baltic resin to Mediterranean markets willing to pay extraordinary premiums for it.
The actual amber inlay is sourced from the Baltic — the same geological origin as the trade goods the coin commemorates.