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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2023 - BU - 15,000 2023 - Proof - 250 |
| Additional information |
Niue has operated as a licensing vehicle for commemorative coinage since the 1990s, leveraging a 1972 agreement with New Zealand that grants it full monetary authority despite a population under 2,000. The Smurfs franchise — created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958 as a comic strip before becoming a global licensing property — has appeared across numerous European collector series, but this issue marks one of the first pairings with a Charles III obverse, reflecting the brief window between his September 2022 accession and the retooling of royal portrait dies across Commonwealth issuing authorities.