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2 Dollars 50 Cents - Elizabeth II William IV
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the left and NIUE to the upper right, with the denomination 2 DOLLARS 50 CENTS continuing along the right arc and the date 2018 positioned at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Central portrait of King William IV facing slightly left, set within a circular cartouche surrounded by an ornate wreath of foliage rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The commemorative legend TO COMMEMORATE THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE arcs along the upper periphery, while the name WILLIAM IV appears in the lower exergual area beneath the portrait. |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative issuing authority since the 1990s, leveraging its currency union with New Zealand to place its name on coins that circulate nowhere near the island's roughly 1,500 residents. This particular piece belongs to a series revisiting British monarchs, with William IV — who reigned only from 1830 to 1837 — among the least commemorated rulers in modern numismatic output. His short reign produced the first significant Reform Act and the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.