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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Dance of the Hours
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing profile, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the monarch wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the bust. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left periphery, 'NIUE' is inscribed at the top of the field, and 'TWO DOLLARS' curves along the right periphery. The date '2020' is positioned in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niue has operated as a bullion and collector coin program since the 1990s, licensing its issuing authority to a rotating cast of private minting houses — in this case the piece falls within a broader numismatic series themed around classical music compositions. Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours," the work referenced here, is best known today through its parody in Disney's Fantasia (1940), though it originated as a ballet sequence within his 1876 opera La Gioconda.
Niue's population sits under 2,000. Its legal tender coins are produced entirely for export.