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2 Dollars 50 Cents - Elizabeth II Nugget
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this rectangular gold bar-coin replicates, in miniature high-relief form, the design of the iconic 1986 Australian Gold Nugget coin issued by the Perth Mint. The right portion of the rectangle presents a circular cameo design featuring a naturalistically rendered gold nugget at centre, with radiating sunburst lines in the upper field and the curved legend 'AUSTRALIA' arched above, all enclosed within a beaded border. A small Perth Mint swan mintmark appears within the cameo field. The left portion of the rectangle is dominated by the large numeral '1986' in bold vertical lettering, set against a repeating geometric background pattern composed of stylised 'M7' motifs referencing the original nugget series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Niue Nugget series piggybacks on collector appetite for Australian gold nugget imagery while routing the legal tender authority through Niue, a Cook Islands-associated Pacific microstate that has issued coins for foreign mints since the 1980s largely as a revenue mechanism. At 0.31 grams of .9999 gold, the piece contains just under one-hundredth of a troy ounce — a format popularized in the 2010s to bring gold coinage within impulse-purchase price ranges.