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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Leadbeater's Possum
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, with NIUE 2022 continuing to the upper right and 100 DOLLARS descending along the right field. The inscription 1OZ 9999 GOLD curves along the lower rim, all rendered in Latin script on a polished gold field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE 2022 · 100 DOLLARS IRB · 1OZ 9999 GOLD · |
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Niue's gold coinage exists almost entirely as a vehicle for the New Zealand Numismatic and Coin Society and various international bullion dealers — the island nation itself has a population under 2,000 and no domestic coin market to speak of. This particular issue commemorates the Leadbeater's Possum, Victoria's faunal emblem, a species reduced to an estimated few hundred individuals following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and decades of old-growth logging in the Central Highlands. The selective platinum plating technique, applied over .9999 gold, requires a secondary electroplating process after striking.