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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Black Swans
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · NIUE · TWO DOLLARS 2009 |
| Reverse description | Two color-printed black swans facing each other on a stylized water surface, their necks arched inward to form a heart-shaped composition, their orange-red bills nearly touching at center; the birds' plumage is rendered in multicolor enamel with dark black and brown tones and ruffled wing feathers. A decorative scroll banner at the top of the field bears the inscription 1 OZ.999 SILVER, flanked by ornamental flourishes. At the bottom, within a further decorative scroll cartouche, the motto LOVE IS PRECIOUS appears in raised capital letters. The entire design is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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Niue's bullion and commemorative programs expanded rapidly in the late 2000s as the island territory leveraged its New Zealand-backed monetary status to attract collector mintages with no domestic circulation intent whatsoever. The black swan series tapped into post-2008 financial crisis anxiety — Nassim Taleb's The Black Swan had been published in 2007, and the concept of catastrophic unpredictable events was acutely resonant the year this coin was struck.
KM#210 is a New Zealand Mint product; Niue itself has no minting facility.