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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse lettering | TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 2022 |
| Reverse description | Central design features the numeral '70' in large stylized figures, incorporating the silhouette of a javelin thrower in dynamic motion integrated within the numerals, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. A laurel wreath frames the composition on both sides. A ribbon banner below bears the inscription HELSINKI 1952, with the precise dates of the Games inscribed along the lower periphery. The design is struck in high relief with a polished proof finish. |
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Niue has become one of the Pacific's most prolific coin-issuing territories precisely because its actual economy requires none of these pieces to circulate — the New Zealand dollar does that work. This 2022 gold miniature commemorates the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics, the first Games to include Soviet participation, which immediately transformed the medal table politics and prompted the IOC to abandon its longstanding insistence on a single athletes' village.