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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Gzhel
| Issuer | Tokelau |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#180 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II occupies the central field of this rectangular planchet, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait style with the engraver's initials IRB visible below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II appears at the top of the field, with TOKELAU immediately below it, separated by a horizontal rule. The date 2014 is inscribed beneath the portrait, followed by a small rectangular inset element and the denomination 2 DOLLARS. At the base of the field the mint marks and fineness inscription Ag925 33,63g are struck, flanked by the СПМД mint mark of the Saint Petersburg Mint. Geometric latticework borders composed of repeating diamond motifs frame both vertical sides of the obverse. |
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| Mintage | 2014 СПМД - Prooflike - 4,500 |
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Tokelau — three Pacific atolls with a combined land area under 12 square kilometers and a population that has never exceeded 1,500 — issues collector coinage through a licensing arrangement that allows New Zealand-administered territories to produce legal tender for the numismatic market. The coins do not circulate. This piece draws on Gzhel, the Russian blue-and-white ceramic tradition centered in the village cluster east of Moscow, which received state patronage under Soviet industrial policy and has since been aggressively marketed as a symbol of Russian folk heritage.