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2 Dollars - Charles III Loggerhead Sea Turtle
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE ATUA NIUE TUKULAGI 2oz TWO DOLLARS Ag 999 2023 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has operated as a prolific bullion and commemorative licensing hub since the 1990s, contracting designs to outside mints — primarily the New Zealand Mint — under an arrangement that generates far more in licensing revenue than the island's roughly 1,500 residents could ever require in circulating coinage. This piece is part of that commercial program, not a product of any domestic monetary need.
The loggerhead (*Caretta caretta*) is listed as vulnerable under the IUCN Red List, with nesting populations in decline across the Pacific. Whether conservation advocacy or collector demand drove the subject choice, the coin predates Charles III's coronation by only months.