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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Polar Fox
| Issuer | Government of Niue |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The field is decorated with an intricate crosshatch guilloche pattern. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and NIUE along the upper rim, with the denomination 2 DOLLARS along the right rim and the date 2019 at the base. |
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| Reverse lettering | POLAR LIFE .999 FINE SILVER 1 OZ |
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Niue has leveraged its currency agreement with New Zealand since 1990 to issue an unrelenting stream of licensed collector coins bearing face values that bear no relationship to actual circulation. This piece is part of that commercial programme — struck for the numismatic market exclusively, never intended to pass through a single hand in trade.
The rhodium crystal application process, applied selectively over .999 silver, was a finishing technique that gained traction among private mints in the mid-2010s as competition for collector attention intensified.