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2 Dollars - Charles III Philistines Return the Ark
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Niue has functioned as a licensing vehicle for the New Zealand Mint's collector programs since the 1990s, with the island's coinage rights producing revenue that substantially exceeds what the 1,500-resident territory generates through any other export. The "Philistines Return the Ark" subject draws from 1 Samuel 5–6, in which the captured Ark of the Covenant was returned to Israel after a plague devastated the Philistine cities of Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron — a narrative rarely treated in numismatic art.
Charles III's effigy appears here under the portrait rights administered following the Queen's death in September 2022, making this among the earlier collector issues to carry his likeness on a Pacific-territory specification.