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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Calico Jack
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Full-color printed design depicting the historical Caribbean pirate Calico Jack (John Rackham) in the center, wearing a tricorn hat and period costume, flanked by two female companions — widely identified as Anne Bonny and Mary Read — against a warm sunset background evoking the Caribbean. A relief Jolly Roger skull-and-crossbones emblem is prominently displayed at the center foreground, and two crossed cutlass swords frame the lower field in raised relief. A decorative scroll banner at the top bears the legend THE REAL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, while the name CALICO JACK appears in a cartouche at the base, above the fineness inscription 1oz 999 SILVER. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Calico Jack — John Rackham — was captured by pirate hunter Jonathan Barnet off the coast of Jamaica in November 1720, reportedly so drunk he and most of his crew were below decks when the attack came. He was hanged in Port Royal shortly after. The coin belongs to a broader wave of numismatic issues that Niue began licensing aggressively in the late 2000s, using its status as a New Zealand territory with its own currency rights to generate revenue through collector-market silver rounds dressed as legal tender.