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2 Dollars - Charles III Sphinx
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars 2 NZD = RSD 118 |
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| Obverse description | The Public Seal of Niue occupies the central field, depicted as a heraldic badge surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by two crossed ceremonial paddles below. The seal itself features a stylised breadfruit tree within a circular frame, surrounded by an ornate border, with the legends ATUA and NIUE TUKULAGI inscribed on a scroll beneath. In the background, a large winged lion is rendered in low relief against the antiqued field. A Greek key decorative border frames the entire design along the rim. The circular legend reads 2 OZ 999 FINE SILVER NIUE TWO DOLLARS with the date 2025 to the right. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue's coinage program operates under a longstanding licensing arrangement that allows private mints — primarily the New Zealand Mint — to produce legal tender issues using Niue's authority, with the resulting revenue split between the mint and the Niue government. The coins rarely if ever circulate on the island itself, population approximately 1,600.
A Charles III obverse places this issue squarely in the first wave of collector products retooled after the 2022 accession, when dozens of Commonwealth and associated jurisdictions scrambled to update portrait dies following Elizabeth II's death.