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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Year of the Pig (Origami)
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the legend ELIZABETH II arcing above and NIUE ISLAND below the portrait. The face value 1 DOLLAR and the date 2019 appear in the field alongside the silver purity mark Ag 999, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse beneath the portrait truncation. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has issued collector silver under licensing arrangements since the 1990s, functioning essentially as a mint-revenue vehicle — the island's GDP is negligible and coin programs of this kind contribute meaningfully to government income. This particular piece belongs to a lunar series incorporating an origami design treatment, a format developed by the Perth Mint for the Niue account that folds (literally and conceptually) Japanese paper-folding aesthetics into Chinese zodiac subjects.
The 2019 Year of the Pig closes a full twelve-year cycle.