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2 Dollars - Charles III Věra Čáslavská
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The field is densely covered with a stylized array of origami paper cranes rendered in high relief, their geometric folded forms overlapping across the entire surface. At the upper centre, the circular Public Seal of Niue is prominently displayed within a raised border, depicting crossed palm fronds and floral motifs surmounted by a royal crown, with the legends PUBLIC SEAL OF NIUE, ATUA, and NIUE TUKULAGI inscribed on surrounding ribbons and bands. The denomination 2 DOLLARS appears in the upper legend along the rim, and the date 2026 is inscribed along the lower rim. Designer's monograms CM and MD appear in the lower central field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Věra Čáslavská won four gold medals at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics weeks after signing the "Two Thousand Words" manifesto opposing Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. When she returned home, the normalized communist government barred her from coaching, traveling, and working in sport for over a decade. She was permitted to compete internationally only because her medals had already been won.
Niue's arrangement with the Czech Mint has produced a long-running series of Czech cultural figures on this format. Čáslavská died in 2016, the same year Prague finally erected a statue in her honor.