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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Alexander Pushkin
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Reverse lettering | POETS OF THE GOLDEN AGE ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1799-1837 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue has issued commemorative silver rounds under its name since the 1990s primarily because its currency arrangement with New Zealand gives it legal tender authority without requiring a functional monetary system — a setup that makes it attractive to bullion and collector program operators. The Pushkin issue is part of a broader Russian literary series marketed heavily toward Russian collectors and the CIS diaspora market, produced by a private mint under license rather than any state numismatic office.
Pushkin died in February 1837 from wounds sustained in a duel with Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, a French officer who had been courting Pushkin's wife.