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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Riga Rooster
| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, after the effigy designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the truncation. The circular legend reads ELIZABETH II · NIUE ISLAND around the upper portion of the field, with the denomination 2 DOLLARS and date 2018 inscribed along the lower rim, all separated by raised dots. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niue has leveraged its status as a Cook Islands-adjacent Pacific microstate with New Zealand currency ties to become one of the more prolific novelty bullion issuers of the 21st century, striking legal tender coins for collectors worldwide under licensing arrangements that have little to do with the island's 1,600-person economy. This piece belongs to a series celebrating the Riga Rooster, the weathervane atop St. Peter's Church in Latvia's capital — a landmark that survived Soviet occupation only to be destroyed in 1941 and meticulously reconstructed in 1990.