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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II GAZ M20 Pobeda
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central colorized scene depicting a GAZ M20 Pobeda automobile in three-quarter front view, with a Cyrillic licence plate reading ПОБЕДА, set before the columned Central Pavilion of VDNKh (All-Russia Exhibition Centre) in Moscow under a blue sky. The upper border of the coin is styled as a speedometer arc bearing graduated speed markings reading 20 40 60 80 100 120, with tick marks between the numerals. The inscription OLD SOVIET CARS arcs along the lower left field and GAZ M20 POBEDA along the lower right, both in the milled silver border. The fineness mark 999 SILVER appears to the right of the central scene. |
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The GAZ M20 Pobeda — "Victory" in Russian — entered production in 1946 as the Soviet Union's first postwar passenger car, developed under direct Stalinist pressure to produce a vehicle symbolizing industrial recovery. Niue has long served as an issuing authority for themed collector silver, and this piece falls squarely within a broader wave of automotive-themed issues that flooded the numismatic market in the late 2000s.
The Pobeda remained in production until 1958, with a Polish-licensed variant, the Warszawa, continuing into the 1970s.