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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Pig
| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1978-date) |
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| Reverse description | A large, detailed frontal portrait of a pig's face fills the brass inner core, rendered with fine fur texture and a jovial expression, symbolising the Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar. The face is depicted with prominent snout, wide-set eyes, and flowing facial fur executed in high relief. The surrounding blue plastic middle ring separates the central motif from the nickel silver outer ring, which is decorated with elaborate floral and scrollwork ornamental designs in the field. No legend or inscription appears on the reverse, allowing the pig portrait to serve as the sole focal motif. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tokelau has no mint of its own and no indigenous currency tradition — these collector issues are produced entirely for the numismatic market, authorized by the territory's government as a revenue mechanism. The Year of the Pig series targets the Chinese lunar calendar collector base, a market that drove an enormous expansion of Pacific island mint programs through the 2010s. The trimetallic construction, with a plastic middle ring, is a deliberate anti-counterfeiting and novelty feature borrowed from technology developed for circulation coinage in the early 2000s.