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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Whales
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Two right whales are depicted in graceful motion across the central field, rendered with fine naturalistic detail against stylised waves; a larger whale occupies the foreground and a smaller one swims above and behind it. The legend ENDANGERED WILDLIFE curves along the upper rim in raised Latin lettering, while the denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines across the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue's early 1990s silver program was essentially a licensing operation — the island nation's coin-issuing authority contracted with outside mints and bullion dealers to produce collector pieces that would never see domestic circulation. The 1992 whale issue belongs to a wave of Pacific-themed environmental coins that flooded the numismatic market following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, when "conservation coinage" became briefly fashionable among both issuers and collectors.
KM#74 was struck at the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held several Pacific island minting contracts during this period.