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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Trojan Horse
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2016 mw - Antique Finish - 500 |
| Additional information |
Niue's legal tender coinage program is essentially a licensing arrangement — the island nation of roughly 1,600 people has used the New Zealand dollar as its actual currency since 1969, making its own issued pieces purely collectible instruments produced for the international numismatic market. This coin is one of dozens struck under that framework, with the Polish Mint in Warsaw handling production for much of the program's higher-relief output during the 2010s.
The Trojan Horse series drew on renewed popular interest in Bronze Age archaeology following updated scholarship on the likely historicity of Troy, including work tied to the Hisarlik excavation site in northwestern Turkey.