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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Kernavė
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara, after the effigy designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the portrait. The circular legend reads 'NIUE ISLAND · QUEEN ELIZABETH II' around the upper periphery, with '· 2 DOLLARS 2019 ·' along the lower periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUE ISLAND · QUEEN ELIZABETH II IRB · 2 DOLLARS 2019 · |
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Kernavė, the medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 for its five distinctive mounded hillforts along the Neris River valley. Niue's use of it as a subject reflects the broader Pacific island micro-state practice of licensing numismatic programs to European minting houses — this piece almost certainly originated with a Polish or Baltic distributor targeting the collector market rather than any circulation intent.