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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Dog
| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, forward-facing lion's head with flowing mane occupies the central brass core in high relief, representing the dog in the Chinese zodiac context of the Chow Chow or similar breed stylized as a lion. A blue plastic ring borders the central motif, while the outer nickel silver ring bears a repeating series of Chinese characters interspersed with decorative scroll elements around the full circumference. The overall design blends Eastern iconographic tradition with the trimetallic format of the coin. |
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Tokelau's trimetallic dollar series occupies an unusual corner of the Pacific commemorative market — the territory issues coins through New Zealand's authority but holds no domestic currency of its own, making every piece a collector artifact from the moment of minting. The plastic middle ring, a manufacturing technique pioneered for high-security circulation coinage in the late 1990s, is here deployed purely for visual effect.
KM#256 is one of twelve annual lunar issues in this format, each assigned to a year in the Chinese zodiac cycle that began in 2012.