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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II GAZ 12 ZIM
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Diameter | 40.7 mm |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic, Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Niue has long operated as a prolific licensing hub for commemorative silver issues, with the New Zealand-administered territory generating revenue by authorizing foreign-themed coin programs that have no connection to local commerce. This piece belongs to that cottage industry — specifically a series honoring Soviet-era automobiles, the GAZ 12 ZIM being a large prestige limousine produced from 1950 to 1959 and named after the Zavod imeni Molotova factory before de-Stalinization prompted the plant's quiet renaming to GAZ.
The ZIM was briefly available to senior Party functionaries and high-ranking military officers, though Khrushchev reportedly found it insufficiently impressive and pushed development toward the Chaika.