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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gimli
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, depicted after the portrait model by engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials 'IRB' appear beneath the truncation. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' arcs along the left rim and 'NIUE TWO DOLLARS' along the right rim, with the date '2022' inscribed at the base of the field. |
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| Reverse description | A full-color photographic rendering of Gimli the Dwarf, a character from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, depicted in three-quarter view facing left, clad in ornate dwarven armor with a decoratively engraved helmet and chainmail, holding a battle axe. The surrounding field features finely detailed relief engraving of a wintry mountain landscape with rocky outcroppings and sparse vegetation. The copyright and trademark notice '© & TM New Line Production Inc. (s22)' arcs along the upper left rim, while '1 oz 999 Fine Silver' appears along the upper right rim. |
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Gimli — the dwarven warrior of Tolkien's Fellowship — appears here under a licensing arrangement between the New Zealand Mint and the Tolkien Estate, which has granted rights to a rotating series of character issues struck for Niue since the mid-2000s. Niue's arrangement is unusual: the Pacific microstate lends its legal tender status to an enormous volume of numismatic product it has no domestic use for, a fiscal structure that generates meaningful revenue for an island of roughly 1,500 people with almost no other export economy.