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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Ammonoidea
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 62.2 g |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND 2018 ELIZABETH II IRB TWO DOLLARS Ag 999 mw |
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| Mintage | 2018 mw - - 666 |
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Niue's legal tender coinage program has long served as a vehicle for the New Zealand-administered territory to generate revenue through collector issues — the island's own GDP being too small to sustain meaningful domestic circulation. This particular piece belongs to a paleontology-themed series issued under licensing arrangements typical of the secondary market numismatic trade, where the issuing sovereign is largely nominal.
Ammonoidea as an order survived three mass extinctions before the Cretaceous-Paleogene event finally wiped them out roughly 66 million years ago. Ruthenium plating — a platinum-group metal — was adopted by several specialty mints in the 2010s specifically to achieve the dark oxidized contrast that photographs well in auction catalogs.