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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Angelfish
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear in small lettering below the truncation of the neck. The surrounding legend reads 'ELIZABETH II' to the left and 'NIUE TWO DOLLARS' to the right, with the date '2018' inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue's legal tender coin program has operated as a revenue-generating arrangement with the New Zealand-administered territory issuing collector pieces under license since the 1970s, with none of the coins intended for domestic circulation on an island whose entire population fits comfortably inside a mid-sized concert hall. The angelfish series sits within a crowded field of Pacific-issued silver rounds dressed as coinage, produced primarily for the bullion collector market rather than numismatic study.
KM#2933 has no recorded historical moment behind it.