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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse lettering | Λέων LEO JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 |
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| Mintage | 2011 - Proof - 8,000 |
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Niue has issued silver bullion and collector pieces under New Zealand's currency agreement since the 1970s, but by 2011 the island territory had become one of the more prolific third-party licensing mints in the Pacific — producing commemorative rounds for foreign distributors with little connection to Niuean commerce or culture. This Leo zodiac piece is one of twelve in a series marketed primarily to European collectors, struck at a private facility rather than a sovereign mint.
KM#589 attribution places it within a documented but crowded field of similar zodiac issues from this period, several of which have nearly identical specifications across different nominal issuers.