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2 Dollars - Charles III Inky
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Niue has long served as a licensing vehicle for novelty bullion issues, and this piece fits squarely in that commercial tradition. The "Inky" denomination here refers to the octopus character from a popular New Zealand children's book series by Robyn Belton — a franchise that gained unexpected international attention after a real octopus named Inky escaped the National Aquarium of New Zealand in 2016, squeezing through a drainpipe and into the Pacific. That escape made global headlines and gave the licensing property a second wave of recognition.
Struck to one troy ounce at .999 fineness, the piece carries legal tender status under Niue's longstanding arrangement with New Zealand, which handles its foreign affairs and currency policy.