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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Rivendell
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley; the engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left arc and NIUE along the upper arc, with TEN DOLLARS along the right arc. The date 2022 appears in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a finely frosted field, characteristic of the antiqued finish applied to this issue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue has operated as a licensed issuer for foreign collector series since the 1990s, functioning essentially as a sovereign mint-mark-for-hire under agreements that route revenue back to the island's government. The Rivendell piece is part of a broader Middle-earth series produced in partnership with the Tolkien Estate and New Zealand Mint — one of the more commercially aggressive numismatic licensing arrangements of the past decade, generating dozens of issues across multiple formats.
The 93.3g weight places it in the one-troy-ounce-plus category designed to differentiate it from standard bullion, a deliberate premium-market positioning common to New Zealand Mint's collector programs.