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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Conquering of Mount Everest
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue's legal tender coinage has long functioned as a vehicle for the collectibles market rather than circulation, and this piece is no exception — the island's numismatic program generates revenue through licensed commemorative issues that dwarf the territory's actual economic output. The first ascent of Everest on 29 May 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary was announced to the world on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, a coincidence of timing that British press treated as an omen.
The Swarovski element embedded in the piece is a licensing arrangement, not a minting tradition.