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2 Dollars - Charles III Patchwork Platypus

Issuer Niue
Year 2023
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Value 2 Dollars
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Reverse script Latin
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Edge Reeded
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Niue has operated as a prolific licensing hub for novelty bullion since the 1990s, issuing coins under New Zealand's monetary umbrella while retaining the legal right to place foreign monarchs and themed designs on its coinage. The "Patchwork" series to which this piece belongs uses selective colorization and quilted design elements aimed squarely at the collector gift market rather than numismatic circulation — Niue's population of roughly 1,500 makes any pretense of domestic monetary use implausible.

Charles III's accession in September 2022 triggered a wave of new obverse retoolings across Commonwealth issuing authorities, this piece among them.

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