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| Issuer | Niue |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Dollar of New Zealand (1987-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylized chibi-format depiction of the Harry Potter character Severus Snape occupies the entirety of the shaped flan, which itself conforms to the outline of the figure. The character is rendered in a cartoonish, miniaturized style with color application: long straight black hair framing a pale flesh-toned face with dark arched brows, dark eyes, and a downturned mouth conveying his characteristic stern expression. The figure is dressed in a full-length black robe with hands visible at the lower sides. No legends appear on the reverse; the design relies entirely on the colored figurative motif. |
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Niue has operated as a licensing vehicle for the New Zealand Mint's pop-culture bullion program for decades, lending its legal tender status to coins that have no meaningful circulation history on the island — population roughly 1,600. This Severus Snape piece is part of a Warner Bros.-licensed Harry Potter character series, each release tied to strict intellectual property agreements that constrain mintage figures and secondary market availability in ways that standard bullion rounds are not.
KM#4281 is one of several character-specific issues in the series, all sharing the same one-troy-ounce .999 silver specification.