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1000 Dollars - Elizabeth II Lucky Coin
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1000 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB incused below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II is inscribed along the left periphery, NIUE along the upper periphery, and 1000 DOLLARS along the right periphery. The date 2020 appears in the lower field. The effigy depicts the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with pearl drop earring visible. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has long operated as a prolific licensing vehicle for novelty bullion, issuing coins under New Zealand's monetary umbrella while bearing no meaningful economic relationship to the face values stamped on them. This piece — a five-troy-ounce gold issue — falls squarely in that category. The "Lucky Coin" designation references a collector marketing concept, not any historical monetary function.
At 155.5 grams of .999 gold, the intrinsic value dwarfs the nominal thousand-dollar face, which exists purely for legal tender formality.