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2 Dollars 50 Cents - Elizabeth II George IV
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 2.5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II NIUE 2 DOLLARS 50 CENTS IRB 2018 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue has operated as a prolific license issuer for the global commemorative coin market since the 1990s, with the New Zealand government backstopping its nominal face values. This piece belongs to a wave of fractional gold miniatures — sub-gram weights struck for collector bullion sets rather than anything approaching circulation. The format became commercially dominant among Pacific island issuers in the 2010s as spot gold prices made entry-level gold accessible to retail buyers.
KM#2993 references a George IV commemorative pairing, a monarch whose own coinage history was marked by the contentious Great Recoinage of 1816–1817, completed just before his accession.